Regulating lives : historical essays on the state, society, the individual, and the law /

A broad-ranging examination of Canadian experiences of social control, moral regulation, and governmentality during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this collection explores the treatment of incest in the criminal courts, racial-ethnic dimensions of alcohol regulation, public health initiativ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: McLaren, John, 1940-, Menzies, Robert J., 1951-, Chunn, Dorothy E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, ©2002.
Colección:Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Temas:
1800-1999
Social control > British Columbia > History > 19th century.
Social control > British Columbia > History > 20th century.
Law > Social aspects > British Columbia.
Social control > British Columbia > History.
Contrôle social > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire.
Droit > Aspect social > Colombie-Britannique.
Contrôle social > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Contrôle social > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Law > Social aspects
Social control
Social conditions
Social policy
British Columbia > Social policy.
British Columbia > Social conditions > 19th century.
British Columbia > Social conditions > 20th century.
Colombie-Britannique > Politique sociale.
British Columbia
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Regulating Lives""; ""Introduction""; ""1 â€?A Strange Revolution in the Manners of the Countryâ€?: Aboriginal-Settler Intermarriage in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia""; ""2 Control of the Insane in British Columbia, 1849- 78: Care, Cure, or Confinement?""; ""3 Racializing Prohibitions: Alcohol Laws and Racial/ Ethnic Minorities in British Columbia, 1871- 1927""; ""4 Secrets and Lies: The Criminalization of Incest and the (Re) Formation of the â€?Privateâ€? in British Columbia, 1890- 1940""
  • ""5 â€?Charity Is One Thing and the Administration of Justice Is Anotherâ€?: Law and the Politics of Familial Regulation in Early Twentieth- Century British Columbia""""6 Regulating the â€?Respectableâ€? Classes: Venereal Disease, Gender, and Public Health Initiatives in Canada, 1914- 35""; ""7 Race, Reason, and Regulation: British Columbiaâ€?s Mass Exile of Chinese â€?Lunaticsâ€? aboard the Empress of Russia, 9 February 1935""; ""8 The Politics of Naming: Constructing Prostitutes and Regulating Women in Vancouver, 1939- 45""
  • ""9 The State, Child Snatching, and the Law: The Seizure and Indoctrination of Sons of Freedom Children in British Columbia, 1950- 60""""Postlude""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

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