HIST108A

America leads the world in jailing its own citizens and there are now more than two million Americans behind bars. How did it come to this? This course examines America s long history of incarceration, with a particular focus on the period from the Revolution to the Civil War. America leads the world in jailing its own citizens and there are now more than two million Americans behind bars. How did it come to this? This course examines America s long history of incarceration, with a particular focus on the period from the Revolution to the Civil War.