Crime, Punishment and the Prison in China - Hardcover【Pre-Order 2-4 weeks】

ISBN：9789622095656
Writer：Frank Dikötter
Vendor：香港大学出版社 Hong Kong University Press

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“Modernity and tradition, political order and chaos, violence and hope - all the themes of China’s reform impulse found expression in the rapidly changing prison system of the first half of the twentieth century. Dikotter’s thoughtful and deeply informed study opens up this neglected subject with fascinating results.” — Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University “Dikotter adds a whole new dimension to the history of the prison. He alerts us to the extended reach of American and European ideas on prison reform and how they fit ever so neatly with indigenous Chinese theories. This is a fascinating study in the transfer of ideas and practices.” — David J Rothman, Columbia University