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Social History of Africa Ser.: History of Prison and Confinement in Africa by Florence Bernault (2003, Hardcover)
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History of Prison and Confinement in Africa, Hardcover by Bernault, Florence (EDT); Roitman, Janet L. (EDT), ISBN 0325071195, ISBN-13 9780325071190, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Over the last 30 years, a substantial literature on the history of American and European prisons has developed. This collection is among the first in English to construct a history of prisons in Africa. Topics include precolonial punishments, living conditions in prisons and mining camps, ethnic mapping, contemporary refugee camps, and the political use of prison from the era of the slave trade to the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-100325071195
ISBN-139780325071190
eBay Product ID (ePID)2268100
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NameHistory of Prison and Confinement in Africa
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
SubjectAfrica / General, Penology, World, Criminology
TypeTextbook
AuthorFlorence Bernault
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
SeriesSocial History of Africa Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight21.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2002-027286
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal365/.96
Table Of ContentIllustrationsIllustrationsIllustrations FIGURES "1.1"Dori Administrative Post (Niger, 1908) 17"1.2."Central Prison in Brazzaville (1943) 19"1.3"Map for a New Prison in Magaria (Niger, 1929) 20"4.1"Number of Juvenile Detainees at Bambey (1916-1926) 87"7.1"Monthly Variation of Disciplinary Sanctions (1925-1932) 139"10.1"UMHK Mining Camp with Zone Boisée 203"10.2"UMHK Mining Camp with Block of Houses 204"10.3"Plan of Lodgings for Two Families 208 PHOTOS "1.1"Courtyard and Cell Doors in the Prison at Daikana (Niger, 1992) 18"1.2"A Collective Cell in the Prison at Tillabéry (Niger, 1992) 21"1.3"Ceiling Opened by an Escaping Prisoner (Tillabéry, Niger, 1992) 31"1.4"Painting by Tshibumba Kanda Matulu, Colonie Belge (1971) 35"10.1"Building for Latrines in Mining Camp 209 MAPS "2.1"Ancient Angola 56"6.1"Prisons and Military Camps in Conakry 123"6.2"Jails in Freetown 124"7.1"Prisons in Upper Volta 136"9.1"Gabon (1948) 170"9.2"Concessionary Companies in the French Congo 174"10.1"Katanga Region 195"11.1"Tuareg Living Space in the Sahara 222"12.1"Rwanda Provinces (1996) 240"12.2"Active Prisons in Rwanda (1996) 243 TABLES "4.1"Schedule for Juvenile Inmates at Thiès 85"4.2"Annual Arrivals and Releases at Bambey (1921-1926) 88
SynopsisOver the last 30 years, a substantial literature on the history of American and European prisons has developed. This collection is among the first in English to construct a history of prisons in Africa. Topics include precolonial punishments, living conditions in prisons and mining camps, ethnic mapping, contemporary refugee camps, and the political use of prison from the era of the slave trade to the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
LC Classification NumberHV9837
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