Convict Cowboys, 10

The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-57441-848-4
Verlag: University of North Texas Press

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 526 g

Reihe: North Texas Crime and Criminal Justice Series

Convict Cowboys is the first book on the nation’s first prison rodeo, which ran from 1931 to 1986. At its apogee the Texas Prison Rodeo drew 30,000 spectators on October Sundays. Mitchel P. Roth portrays the Texas Prison Rodeo against a backdrop of Texas history, covering the history of rodeo, the prison system, and convict leasing, as well as important figures in Texas penology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roth, Mitchel P

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Pferdesport, Tiersportarten

Über Autor(innen)

MITCHEL P. ROTH is co-author of Houston Blue: The Story of the Houston Police Department (UNT Press) and author of Fire in the Big House: America’s Deadliest Prison Fire. He is professor of criminal justice and criminology at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.