Colonial and Post-Colonial Incarceration

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.>

Product details

• Authors: Graeme Harper
• Assisted by: Graeme Harper (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780826449184
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-4918-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, European History, Australia, Asia, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, North America, Africa, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, Penology and punishment, Slavery & abolition of slavery, North America (USA and Canada), Penology & punishment, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Slavery and abolition of slavery