Prison labor in the United States
Subtitle: an economic analysis
By: Asatar P. Bair
Series: New political economy; New political economy (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780415961547
Subjects: Convict labor -- United States; Slave labor -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index
Table of contents: title: Slavery; title: Conditions of existence of slavery in U.S. prisons; title: State welfare and the production of the prison household; title: The production of commodities in prison; title: The history of prison slavery in the U.S; title: Consequences of prison slavery