{"product_id":"the-prison-of-democracy-sara-m-benson-9780520296961","title":"The Prison of Democracy: Race, Leavenworth, and the Culture of Law","description":"At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Built in the 1890s at the center of the nation, Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary was designed specifically to be a replica of the US Capitol Building. But why? \u003ci\u003eThe Prison of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e explains the political significance of a prison built to mimic one of America's monuments to democracy. Locating Leavenworth in memory, history, and law, the prison geographically sits at the borders of Indian Territory (1825-1854) and Bleeding Kansas (1854-1864), both sites of contestation over slavery and freedom. Author Sara M. Benson argues that Leavenworth reshaped the design of punishment in America by gradually normalizing state-inflicted violence against citizens. Leavenworth's peculiar architecture illustrates the real roots of mass incarceration--as an explicitly race- and nation-building system that has been ingrained in the very fabric of US history rather than as part of a recent post-war racial history. The book sheds light on the truth of the painful relationship between the carceral state and democracy in the US--a relationship that thrives to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara M. Benson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520296966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520296961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Sara M. Benson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919957590271,"sku":"9780520296961","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b365a4e5-c3a8-4797-8523-ee4ea7e08d34.jpg?v=1680812851","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-prison-of-democracy-sara-m-benson-9780520296961","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}