Campaigns against corporal punishment : prisoners, sailors, women, and children in antebellum America / Myra C. Glenn.

Author/creator Glenn, Myra C.
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©1984.
Descriptionx, 221 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Corporal punishment--New England. --Prevention. --History. --19th century.
Corporal punishment--New York (State). --Prevention. --History. --19th century.
Prison discipline--United States. --History. --19th century. --Case studies.
Naval discipline--United States. --History. --19th century. --Case studies.
Discipline of children--United States. --History. --19th century. --Case studies.
Wife abuse--United States. --Prevention. --History. --19th century. --Case studies.
New England--History. --1775-1865.
New York (State)--History. --1775-1865.

SeriesSUNY series in American social history
SUNY series in American social history. ^A575852
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 199-215.
LCCN 84008476
ISBN0873958128
ISBN0873958136 (pbk.)