A just measure of pain : the penitentiary in the industrial revolution, 1750_1850
Ignatieff, Michael, 1947_1989
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This describes the moment in 18th century England when the modern penitentiary and its ambiguous legacy were born. Michael Ignatieff documents the rise of a new conception of class relations and with it a new philosophy of punishment, one directed not at the body but at the mind.
Main title:
A just measure of pain : the penitentiary in the industrial revolution, 1750_1850 / Michael Ignatieff.
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Imprint:
Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1989, c1978.
Collation:
ix,251p. ; 20cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: London : Macmillan, 1978.Bibliography: p241-244. - Includes index.
ISBN:
9780140552478 (pbk)
Dewey class:
365.942365.942(shelved
Language:
English
BRN:
1756414
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