Whips to walls : naval discipline from flogging to Progressive-Era reform at Portsmouth Prison / Rodney K. Watterson ; foreword by Rear Adm. John D. Hutson, USN (Ret.).

Author
Watterson, Rodney K. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2014]
Description
xii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • National prison reform (1790-1917)
    • The end of flogging (1850-62)
    • Shipboard punishments post flogging (1862-88)
    • Origins of the naval prison system (1870-88)
    • Makeshift navel prisons (1888-1908)
    • The Navy finally gets a real prison (1908-14)
    • The naval prison system matures (1914-17)
    • Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels (1912-20)
    • Osborne prior to Portsmouth (1859-1917)
    • Reform comes to Portsmouth
    • Reform struggles at Portsmouth
    • What's going on at Portsmouth Prison?
    • Investigation into conditions at Portsmouth Prison
    • Osborne's results at Portsmouth
    • Portsmouth post Osborne
    • Osborne post Portsmouth.
    Other title(s)
    Naval discipline from flogging to Progressive-Era reform at Portsmouth Prison
    ISBN
    • 9781612514451 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 1612514456 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2013042408
    OCLC
    859385302
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