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BL
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Record Number
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992117
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b746487
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Main Entry
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Goldberg, Eve.
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Title & Author
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The prison industrial complex and the global economy /\ by Eve Goldberg and Linda Evans.
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Publication Statement
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Oakland, CA :: PM Press,, ©2009.
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Series Statement
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PM Press pamphlet series ;; 0004
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (23 pages) :: illustrations
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ISBN
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1604862394
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: 1604862416
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: 9781604862393
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: 9781604862416
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160486043X
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9781604860436
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Notes
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Title from PDF title page (viewed Jan. 7, 2010).
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-21).
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Contents
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Front Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; Prison Statistics; Poem: Going into the Prison; The Prison-Industrial Complex and the Global Economy; Prisons are Big Business; Labor and the Flight of Capital; The War on Drugs; Prison Labor; Welcome to the New World Order; What Is To Be Done; References; Resources; Author Biographies; About PM Press.
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Abstract
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The prison business in the US is not based on locking up, punishing, or rehabilitating dangerous hoodlums. Follow the money and find how the prison-industrial complex fits into the New World Order of free trade and imprisoned people, the war on drugs, and capital flight.
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Subject
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International economic integration.
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International economic relations.
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Prison industries-- United States.
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Prisons-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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International economic integration.
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International economic relations.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom.
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Prison industries.
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Prisons-- Economic aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Penology.
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Subject
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United States, Foreign economic relations.
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Subject
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United States.
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Dewey Classification
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365/.973
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LC Classification
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HV8925.G65 2009eb
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Added Entry
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Evans, Linda.
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