Convicts - A Global History

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: a British expedition to the Brazilian penal colony of Fernando de Noronha in 1887. Part I: 2. Empires and colonies; 3. Nations, borders, and islands; 4. Enslavement, banishment, and penal transportation; 5. Imperial governance; 6. Insurgency, politics, and religion; Part II: 7. Punishment and penal systems; 8. Encounters, exploration, and knowledge; 9. Medicine, criminality, and race; 10. The human sciences; 11. Escape and extradition; 12. Conclusion; Index.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Clare Anderson is Professor of History at the University of Leicester.

Zusammenfassung

A radical new global reading of histories of empire and nation, showing that the history of punishment is not solely connected to the emergence of prisons and penitentiaries, but to histories of governance, occupation and global connections across the world.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Clare Anderson, Clare (University of Leicester) Anderson
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781108814942
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81494-2
• Seiten: 400
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Altertum; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; HISTORY / World, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Ethical Issues: Capital Punishment