Campaigns against corporal punishment
Subtitle: prisoners, sailors, women, and children in antebellum America
By: Myra C. Glenn.
Series: SUNY series in American social history
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Corporal punishment -- New England -- Prevention -- History -- 19th century.; Corporal punishment -- New York (State) -- Prevention -- History -- 19th century.; Prison discipline -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.; Naval discipline -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.; Discipline of children -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.; Wife abuse -- United States -- Prevention -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.; New England -- History -- 1775-1865.; New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 199-215.
Includes index.