Cultures of confinement : a history of the prison in Africa, Asia and Latin America /

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Prisons are on the increase from the United States to China, as ever-larger proportions of humanity find themselves behind bars. While prisons now span the world, we know little about their history in global perspective. Rather than interpreting the prison's proliferation as the predictable res...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dikötter, Frank, Brown, Ian, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Prisons > Africa > History.
Prisons > Asia > History.
Prisons > Latin America > History.
Prisons > Afrique > Histoire.
Prisons > Asie > Histoire.
Prisons > Amérique latine > Histoire.
HISTORY > World.
Prisons.
Africa.
Asia.
Latin America.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Frank Dikötter
  • Prisons and prisoners in modernising Latin America (1800-1940) / Carlos Aguirre
  • The shadow of rule : colonial power and modern punishment in Africa / Florence Bernault
  • Regulation, reform and resistance in the Middle Eastern prison / Anthony Gorman
  • India : the contested prison / David Arnold
  • Sepoys, servants and settlers : convict transportation in the Indian Ocean, 1787-1945 / Clare Anderson
  • South East Asia : reform and the colonial prison / Ian Brown
  • The promise of repentance : the prison in modern China / Frank Dikötter
  • Envisioning the colonial prison / Clare Anderson and David Arnold.

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