A Carceral Ecology

"A Carceral Ecology is an interesting and important contribution to the environmental and social history of Latin America. Ryan Edwards takes a unique topic and does great justice to the individuals and issues within it. He nicely bridges two relatively robust areas of scholarly inquiry--histories of crime and punishment and histories of landscape and the environment--in a clear and engaging way."--Emily Wakild, author of Revolutionary Parks: Conservation, Social Justice, and Mexico's National Parks, 1910-1940 "This is the first extended history of the legendary prison of Ushuaia, spanning a whole century, from its conception and construction to its conversion into a museum at the end of the world for global tourists. The attention paid to the multilayered relation between prison and place makes this book a highly original study of a case with broad relevance."--Lila Caimari, author of While the City Sleeps: A History of Pistoleros, Policemen, and the Crime Beat in Buenos Aires before Perón