The colonial Bastille : a history of imprisonment in Vietnam, 1862-1940 / Peter Zinoman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zinoman, Peter, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons--Vietnam--History.

Prisons.

National liberation movements--Vietnam--History.

National liberation movements.

Nationalism--Vietnam--History.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Peter Zinoman's original and insightful study focuses on the colonial prison system in French Indochina and its role in fostering modern political consciousness among the Vietnamese. Using prison memoirs, newspaper articles, and extensive archival records, Zinoman presents a wealth of significant new information to document how colonial prisons, rather than quelling political dissent and maintaining order, instead became institutions that promoted nationalism and revolutionary education.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Maps and Tables

Maps

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The Origins of the Ill-Disciplined Prison

2. The System: Fragmented Order and Integrative Dynamics

3. The Regime: Surveillance, Forced Labor, and Total Care

4. Prisoners and Prison Society

5. Colonial Prisons in Revolt, 1862-1930

6. The Thai Nguyen Rebellion

7. Prison Cells and Party Cells: The Indochinese Communist Party in Prison, 1930-1936

8. Prisons and the Colonial Press, 1934-1939

9. The Prisoner Released

Epilogue

Glossary

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-329) and index.

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ISBN:

9786612356544

9780520925175

0520925173

9781282356542

1282356542

9781597345491

1597345490

OCLC:

475930534