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Imprisoning Chicago: Incarceration, The Chicago City Council, Prisoners, and Reform, 1832-1915
<p>The Chicago Bridewell and the Chicago House of Correction were unique institutions which illuminate the development of nineteenth-century city incarceration from a fluid to a rigid status. Both institutions detained misdemeanants and violators of city ordinances. They shared similarities with …
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Plants and Fossils: Household Fuel Consumption in Hampshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire 1750-1830
The price and availability of different fuel sources shaped the material lives of English people during the Industrial Revolution. Fuel prices affected the location of industries, population growth and whether poorer people could afford to cook their own food. Fuel supplies were highly regionalized …