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No bond but the law : punishment, race, and gender in Jamaican state formation, 1780-1870 / Diana Paton.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Paton, Diana, 1969-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Criminal justice, Administration of--Jamaica--History.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Punishment--Jamaica--History.
Punishment.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (309 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The author analyzes punishment as a way to explore the dynamic of state formation in a colonial society making the transition from slavery to freedom.
Contents:
Prison and plantation
Planters, magistrates, and apprentices
The treadmill and the whip
Penality and politics in a "free" society
Justice and the Jamaican people.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 12. Dez 2020)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-279) and index.
ISBN:
9780822386148
0822386143
OCLC:
213455293

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