Stock ID #140299 Crime, Punishment, and the Prison in Modern China, 1895-1949. FRANK DIKOTTER.

Crime, Punishment, and the Prison in Modern China, 1895-1949.

London. Hurst and Company. 2002. Stock ID #140299

xvi + 441pp, black and white photographic illustrations, index, appendices, bibliography, character list, an excellent copy in dustjacket.

Examines the radical changes in Chinese society during the first half of the twentieth century through the lens of the Chinese prison system. This book explores the effects and repercussions of the superimposition of Western-derived models of repentance and rehabilitation on Chinese categories of crime and punishment.

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