Feet of Marble or Feet of Clay? John Howard and the origins of prison reform in Britain, 1773-1790
The publication of John Howard’s The State of the Prisons in England and Wales (1777) has traditionally been considered to mark the starting point of a concerted prison reform movement in Britain. However, for many recent commentators, Howard’s was simply one voice among a choir of critics of the un...
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Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
2019-12-01
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| Series: | XVII-XVIII |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/1718/3446 |