RT Book
T1 The compelling ideal: thought reform and the prison in China, 1901 - 1956
A1 Kiely, Jan 1965-
LA English
PP New Haven, Conn. u.a.
PB Yale University Press
YR 2014
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/777663511
AB "In this groundbreaking volume, based on extensive research in Chinese archives and libraries, Jan Kiely explores the pre-Communist origins of the process of systematic thought reform or reformation (ganhua) that evolved into a key component of Mao Zedong's revolutionary restructuring of Chinese society. Focusing on ganhua as it was employed in China's prison system, Kiely's thought-provoking work brings the history of this critical phenomenon to life through the stories of individuals who conceptualized, implemented, and experienced it, and he details how these techniques were subsequently adapted for broader social and political use"--
AB "In this groundbreaking volume, based on extensive research in Chinese archives and libraries, Jan Kiely explores the pre-Communist origins of the process of systematic thought reform or reformation (ganhua) that evolved into a key component of Mao Zedong's revolutionary restructuring of Chinese society. Focusing on ganhua as it was employed in China's prison system, Kiely's thought-provoking work brings the history of this critical phenomenon to life through the stories of individuals who conceptualized, implemented, and experienced it, and he details how these techniques were subsequently adapted for broader social and political use"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV9817
SN 9780300185942
K1 Prisons : China : History : 20th century
K1 Corrections : China : History : 20th century
K1 History : Asia : China
K1 History : Modern, 20th Century
K1 Social Science : Penology
K1 Corrections
K1 Prisons
K1 Gefängnisse
K1 Strafrecht
K1 China
K1 China : Gefängnis : Umerziehung : Gehirnwäsche : Psychische Folter : Geschichte 1901-1956