
A Prison in the Woods
Environment and Incarceration in New York's North Country
Environmental History of the Northeast
Published by: University of Massachusetts Press
288 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 x 1.00 in, 11 b&w illus., 3 maps
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Published by: University of Massachusetts Press
288 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 x 1.00 in, 11 b&w illus., 3 maps
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CLARENCE JEFFERSON HALL JR. is assistant professor of history at Queensborough Community College.
"This is a pivotal study in the history of carceral systems in the United States. Hall brings together two seemingly dissimilar developments in the Adirondack region—prison development and the rise of environmental consciousness—and in the process adds significantly to our understanding of prison history."—Richard W. Judd, author of Second Nature: An Environmental History of New England
"With an engaging narrative, Hall draws on important scholarship from the field of carceral history as well as relevant environmental literature to make a persuasive case that two topics that might seem unrelated—prison construction and operation and the environment—are actually inextricably intertwined."—David Soll, author of Empire of Water: An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply
"[T]he spectacular scholarship of A Prison in the Woods is . . . essential. It is more than a historical monument, plaque, or testament; it is also a ledger of the debts incurred by racism and mass incarceration in New York’s North Country."—H-Net Reviews
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