Golden gulag : prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California / Ruth Wilson Gilmore.
Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world." Golden Gul...
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| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2007], ©2007.
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| Series: | American crossroads ;
21. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 388 pages : illustrations, charts, map ; 22 cm. |
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Prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California. |
| Format: | Book |