Cultures of confinement : a history of the prison in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Frank Dikötter and Ian Brown, editors

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Cultures of confinement : a history of the prison in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Frank Dikötter and Ian Brown, editors

Title remainder

a history of the prison in Africa, Asia and Latin America

Statement of responsibility

Frank Dikötter and Ian Brown, editors

Instantiates

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

Publication

• Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 2007

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

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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25 cm.

Extent

xi, 335 p.

Isbn

9780801446306

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(cloth : alk. paper)

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20070036 08

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ill.

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99181657740001161

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• (OCoLC)82172682
• (OCoLC)82172682