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The Prison Cookbook

Paperback (21 May 2010)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This copiously illustrated book takes the lid off the real story of prison food. Including the full text of an original prison cookery manual compiled at Parkhurst Prison in 1902, it examines the history of prison catering from the Middle Ages (when prisoners were expected to pay for their own board and lodging whilst inside) through the Newgate of the Victorian age and on to the present day. With sections on prison life, punishments, the food on board transportation vessels and floating prison hulks, and the work of reformers such as John Howard and Elizabeth Fry, who vastly improved the conditions of those who were put behind bars, this evocative and unique book shows the reader exactly what 'doing porridge' entailed.

Book information

ISBN: 9780752454238
Publisher: The History Press
Imprint: The History Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 365.941
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 610g
Height: 236mm
Width: 167mm
Spine width: 15mm