Punishment and power in the making of modern Japan

Introduction -- Signs of order : punishment and power in the shogun's capital -- Bloody benevolence : punishment, ideology, and outcasts -- The power of status : Kodenmachō jailhouse and the structures of Tokugawa society -- Discourse, dynamism, and disorder : the historical significance of the...

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Main Author: Botsman, Dani 1968- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. [u.a.] Princeton University Press 2005
In:Year: 2005
Online Access: Autorenbiografie (Publisher)
Table of Contents (Publisher)
Table of contents only
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 1253
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Keywords:
Punishment > Japan > History
Rechtsgeschichte
Kriminalität
Modernisierung
Japan > History > 1868-
Bibliografie
Japan > Strafe > Geschichte 1600-1868
Japan > Strafvollzug > Geschichte 1600-1912
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Summary:Introduction -- Signs of order : punishment and power in the shogun's capital -- Bloody benevolence : punishment, ideology, and outcasts -- The power of status : Kodenmachō jailhouse and the structures of Tokugawa society -- Discourse, dynamism, and disorder : the historical significance of the Edo stockade for laborers -- Punishment and the politics of civilization in Bakumatsu Japan -- Restoration and reform : the birth of the prison in Japan -- Punishment and prisons in the era of enlightenment -- Punishment, empire, and history in the making of modern Japan
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XIV, 319 S., Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:0-691-11491-9