Janet Miron: 1 book
Prisons, Asylums, and the Public
Institutional Visiting in the Nineteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
The prisons and asylums of Canada and the United States were a popular destination for institutional tourists in the nineteenth-century. Thousands of visitors entered their walls, recording and describing the interiors, inmates, and therapeutic and reformative practices they encountered in letters,...
