Description |
xi, 335 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction / Frank Dikotter -- 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 Dikotter -- Envisioning the colonial prison / Clare Anderson, David Arnold. |
Subject |
Prisons -- Africa -- History.
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Prisons -- Asia -- History.
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Prisons -- Latin America -- History.
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Added Author |
Dikotter, Frank.
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Brown, Ian, 1947-
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ISBN |
0801446309 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780801446306 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
YDXCP 2539189 |
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NLGGC 303462469 |
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AU@ 000041249207 |
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NZ1 11228900 |
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