The great wall of confinement : the Chinese prison camp through contemporary fiction and reportage / Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Philip F.

Contributor:

Wu, Yenna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internment camps--China.

Internment camps.

Forced labor--China.

Forced labor.

Political prisoners--China.

Political prisoners.

China--History--1949-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

China is the only major world power to have entered the twenty-first century with a thriving prison camp network-a frightening, mostly hidden realm known since 1951 as the laogai system. This book, the most comprehensive study of China's prison camps to date, draws from a wide range of primary sources, including many compelling literary documents, to illuminate life inside China's prison camps. Focusing mainly on the second half of the twentieth century, Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu outline the evolution of the laogai system, construct a vivid picture of prisoners' lives from arrest and interrogation to release, and provide a troubling new perspective on the human rights issues plaguing China.

Contents:

The cultural foundations of China's prison camp system

The development of the Chinese communist prison camp

The PRC prison camp (I)

The PRC prison camp (II)

Prison writings.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612358067

9781282358065

1282358065

9780520938557

0520938550

OCLC:

609850062