American Purgatory : Prison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration by...

American PurgatoryPrison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration\nAuthor(s): Benjamin D. Weber, Ayo Y. Scott, Compass Cartographic\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The New Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: The New Press\nISBN-13: 9781620975909, 978-1620975909\nSynopsis\nA groundbreaking look at how America exported mass incarceration around the globe, from a rising young historian\n\nAmerican Purgatory will forever change how we understand the rise of mass incarceration. It will forever change how we understand this country. Clint Smith, bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America\n\nIn this explosive new book, historian Benjamin Weber reveals how the story of American prisons is inextricably linked to the expansion of American power around the globe.\n\nA vivid work of hidden history that spans the wars to subjugate Native Americans in the mid-nineteenth century, the conquest of the western territories, and the creation of a.