| Colonial and Post-Colonial Incarceration Contributor(s): Harper, Graeme (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0826449182 ISBN-13: 9780826449184 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2002 Annotation: The first study to deal extensively and comparatively with capture, imprisonment and punishment in colonial and postcolonial cultures. Offering textual as well as historical analysis, each chapter focuses on a specific national or regional arena. Each also provides foundational insight into the social, economic and cultural conditions prevalent in colonial societies. Chapters, written by a wide range of international specialists, include coverage of the early modern to the contemporary period as well as coverage of cultural arenas from Europe to Asia, Australia, northern and southern Africa and North America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - History |
| Dewey: 364.6 |
| LCCN: 2001017324 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.3" W x 9.14" (0.94 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first study to deal extensively and comparatively with capture, imprisonment and punishment in colonial and postcolonial cultures. Offering textual as well as historical analysis, each chapter focuses on a specific national or regional arena. Each also provides foundational insight into the social, economic and cultural conditions prevalent in colonial societies. Chapters, written by a wide range of international specialists, include coverage of the early modern to the contemporary period as well as coverage of cultural arenas from Europe to Asia, Australia, northern and southern Africa and North America. |