Eastern State Penitentiary : crucible of good intentions / Norman Johnston, with Kenneth Finkel and Jeffrey A. Cohen.

Main entry:

Johnston, Norman Bruce, 1921-2012.

Title & Author:

Eastern State Penitentiary : crucible of good intentions / Norman Johnston, with Kenneth Finkel and Jeffrey A. Cohen.

Publication:

Description:

116 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
... Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from July 16 to Sept. 11, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-115).
Preface / Anne d'Harnoncourt and Darrel Sewell -- I. Philadelphia in the 1820s: A New Civic Consciousness / Kenneth Finkel -- II. Reforming Criminals / Norman Johnston -- III. Building the Ideal Prison / Norman Johnston -- IV. Noble Ideas Collide with Reality / Norman Johnston -- V. Cherry Hill: Model for the World / Norman Johnston -- VI. Accommodation and Redefinition in the Twentieth Century / Jeffrey A. Cohen -- VII. The Legacy of Cherry Hill / Norman Johnston.

Summary:

The massive Eastern State Penitentiary in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark, is remarkable for its innovative architecture and its pioneering system of isolation in individual cells. Heir to the energetic Quaker reformist tradition in Philadelphia in the 1820s, the penitentiary was a model of idealism in penal reform and a model of prison architecture for the world. About three hundred prisons worldwide trace their paternity to Eastern State Penitentiary.
This book shows how the novel experiment in prison reform contended with the realities of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and explores the legacy of this "crucible of good intentions."

ISBN:

087633091X
9780876330913
0812279654
9780812279658

Subject:

Haviland, John, 1792-1852 Criticism and interpretation.
Haviland, John, 1792-1852
Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania History.
Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania
Architecture Human factors Pennsylvania Philadelphia History 19th century.
Quakers Pennsylvania Philadelphia History 19th century.
Architecture Facteurs humains Pennsylvanie Philadelphie Histoire 19e siècle.
Quakers Pennsylvanie Philadelphie Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture Human factors
Buildings
Quakers
Philadelphia (Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Haviland, John 1792-1852 Criticism and interpretation

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Added entries:

Finkel, Kenneth.
Cohen, Jeffrey A., 1952-
Preservation Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. Eastern State Penitentiary Task Force.
Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Crucible of good intentions

Holdings:

Location: Library main 106919
Call No.: ID HV9475.P3 E19; ID:94-B2632
Status: Available

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