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No bond but the law : punishment, race, and gender in Jamaican state formation, 1780-1870 / Diana Paton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paton, Diana, 1969-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Next wave.
- Next wave
- 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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