One Dies, Get Another - Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928 (Hardcover)

In his seminal study of convict leasing in the post-Civil War South, Matthew J. Mancini chronicles one of the harshest, most exploitative labor systems in American history. Devastated by war, bewildered by peace, and unprepared to confront the problems of prison management, Southern states sought to alleviate the need for cheap labor, a perceived rise in criminal behavior, and the bankruptcy of their state treasuries. Mancini describes the policy of leasing prisoners to individuals and corporations as one that, in addition to reducing prison populations and generating revenues, offered a means of racial subordination and labor discipline. He identifies commonalities that, despite the seemingly uneven enforcement of convict leasing across state lines, bound the South together for more than half a century in reliance on an institution of almost unrelieved brutality. He describes the prisoners' daily existence, profiles the individuals who leased convicts, and reveals both the inhumanity of the leasing laws and the centrality of race relations in the establishment and perpetuation of convict leasing. In considering the longevity of the practice, Mancini takes issue with the widespread notion that convict leasing was an aberration in a generally progressive history of criminal justice. In explaining its dramatic demise, Mancini contends that moral opposition was a distinctly minor force in the abolition of the practice and that only a combination of rising lease prices and years of economic decline forced an end to convict leasing in the South.

General

Imprint:	University of South Carolina Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1996
First published:	March 1996
Editors:	Matthew J. Mancini
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	290
ISBN-13:	978-1-57003-083-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General Books > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > History > American history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	1-57003-083-9
Barcode:	9781570030833

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