No Bond But the Law - Punishment, Race, and Gender in Jamaican State Formation, 17801870

Informationen zum Autor Diana Paton is a Lecturer in History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in England. She is the editor of A Narrative of Events, since the First of August 1834, by James Williams, an Apprenticed Labourer in Jamaica, published by Duke University Press. Klappentext The author analyzes punishment as a way to explore the dynamic of state formation in a colonial society making the transition from slavery to freedom. Zusammenfassung The author analyzes punishment as a way to explore the dynamic of state formation in a colonial society making the transition from slavery to freedom. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Prison and Plantation 19 Planters, Magistrates, and Apprentices 53 The Treadmill and the Whip 83 Penality and Politics in a “Free” Society 121 Justice and the Jamaican People 156 Conclusion 191 Notes 201 Bibliography 253 Index 281

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Diana Paton, Paton, Diana Paton
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 29.10.2004
• EAN: 9780822334019
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3401-9
• Seiten: 312
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Serien: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies; Next Wave; Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies; Next Wave
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges