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Books Behind Bars - The Role of Books, Reading, and Libraries in British Prison Reform, 1701-1911 (Hardcover, New)
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Books Behind Bars - The Role of Books, Reading, and Libraries in British Prison Reform, 1701-1911 (Hardcover, New)
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This is an original and scholarly study of the role of books and
libraries in British prisons during the period of penal reforms
between 1700 and 1911. Janet Fyfe discusses the role of groups and
individuals who advanced the ideology of reform as well as those
who were actively engaged in bringing reading material into the
jails and prisons of Great Britain. Perhaps Fyfe's most valuable
contribution to the field is her rich bibliography of primary
sources; these include a wealth of official reports, government
publications, books and pamphlets spanning the two centuries
covered in her investigation of prison libraries. She examines the
extent that different penal institutions and systems--including not
only local jails and national prisons but also convict settlements
and the hulks--came to adopt the use of books and libraries and
their rationales for doing so. The author documents in detail how
prison library services were organized, how they were administered
and funded, how books were selected, and what consideration was
given to the preference of inmates.
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