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The First Civil Right

How Liberals Built Prison America

Bibliographic Data

ID10367995
AuthorsJeffrey Smith (0000-0001-8251-6446, New School, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume130
Issue4
Pages792-794
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Science Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1002/polq.12408
OpenAlexW2322235673
LanguageEN
Citations received91

Journal Article The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America Get access The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America by Naomi Murakawa. New York, Oxford University Press, 2014. 280 pp. Cloth, $105.00; paper, $26.95. Jeffrey Smith Jeffrey Smith The New School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 130, Issue 4, Winter 2015, Pages 792–794, https://doi.org/10.1002/polq.12408 Published: 27 December 2015

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