Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice by David M.

Description: Worse Than Slavery by David M. Oshinsky The brutal conditions and inhuman treatment of African-Americans in Southern prisons has been immortalized in blues songs and in such movies as "Cool Hand Luke". Now, drawing on police and prison records and oral histories, David M. Oshinsky presents an account of Mississippis notorious Parchman Farm; what it tells us about our past is well worth remembering in a nation deeply divided by race. Two 8-page photo inserts. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this sensitively told tale of suffering, brutality, and inhumanity, Worse Than Slavery is an epic history of race and punishment in the deepest South from emancipation to the Civil Rights Era--and beyond. Immortalized in blues songs and movies like Cool Hand Luke and The Defiant Ones, Mississippis infamous Parchman State Penitentiary was, in the pre-civil rights south, synonymous with cruelty. Now, noted historian David Oshinsky gives us the true story of the notorious prison, drawing on police records, prison documents, folklore, blues songs, and oral history, from the days of cotton-field chain gangs to the 1960s, when Parchman was used to break the wills of civil rights workers who journeyed south on Freedom Rides. Author Biography David M. Oshinsky, PhD, is a professor in the NYU Department of History and director of the Division of Medical Humanities at the NYU School of Medicine. In 2005, he won the Pulitzer Prize in History for Polio: An American Story. His other books include the D.B. Hardeman Prize-winning A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy, and the Robert Kennedy Prize-winning "Worse Than Slavery" Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice. His articles and reviews appear regularly in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Prizes Winner of Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (Grand Prize) 1997 Details ISBN0684830957 Author David M. Oshinsky Short Title WORSE THAN SLAVERY Language English ISBN-10 0684830957 ISBN-13 9780684830957 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1997 Subtitle Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice Place of Publication Hemel Hempstead Illustrations illustrations Birth 1944 Residence Austin, TX, US Imprint Prentice Hall & IBD Country of Publication United Kingdom DOI 10.1604/9780684830957 NZ Release Date 1997-04-28 UK Release Date 1997-04-28 AU Release Date 1997-05-14 Pages 306 Publisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company) Publication Date 1997-04-28 DEWEY 365.9762 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:8331838;

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