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Walker Interview
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Abilene, an American Centennial
"Abilene spang up on the West Texas plains in 1881 and came of age during the last decades of the nineteenth century, just as technological advences were making photographs affordable and accessible to everyone. From the start, Abilenians photographed their home town with an avidity and pride; this enthusiam is reflected in this book, a photographic self-portrait and celebration of Abilene's first 100 years. The photographs in this book chart Abilene's evolution from frontier cowtown to modern city. An image of cowboys gathered around a chuckwagon gives way to a photograph of young girls eating fast food in a covered mall. But a common theme runs through the historical photographs and the wo...
In This Place Called Prison
"In This Place Called Prison offers a vivid and unique examination of religion within prison and argues for its key role among some of society's most vulnerable. Although prison is defined by control--from rules and routines to mandatory labor and monitored visits--for many, religion offers a way out. Religion challenges what it means to be punished and affords community and connection in the face of fear and isolation. Rachel Ellis spent twelve months conducting ethnographic research inside the guarded gates of Mapleside Prison, a US state women's correctional facility, talking with hundreds of incarcerated women, staff, and religious volunteers. Through their stories, Ellis sets the scene ...
This Is My Jail
While state and federal prisons like Attica and Alcatraz occupy a central place in the national consciousness, most incarceration in the United States occurs within the walls of local jails. In This Is My Jail, Melanie D. Newport situates the late twentieth-century escalation of mass incarceration in a longer history of racialized, politically repressive jailing. Centering the political actions of people until now overlooked—jailed people, wardens, corrections officers, sheriffs, and the countless community members who battled over the functions and impact of jails—Newport shows how local, grassroots contestation shaped the rise of the carceral state. As ground zero for struggles over cr...
Hobson
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The Bench and Bar of the South and Southwest
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
The Postal Record
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First Families of Tennessee
First Families of Tennessee is a tribute to these men and women who established the state.
