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Punishment in world history / Peter N. Stearns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stearns, Peter N., author.
- Series:
- Themes in world history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Punishment--History.
- Punishment.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--History.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Criminal law--History.
- Criminal law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 203 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Peter N. Stearns is University Professor of History at George Mason University. He has written widely in the fields of world history and the history of emotion, with recent books on Human Rights in World History (rev. ed.) and Happiness in World History.
- Contents:
- Part I
- early human societies
- Punishment in hunting and gathering societies
- Early civilizations and a transformation of punishment
- Part II
- the classical and postclassical periods
- The classical societies
- The postclassical period and the role of religion
- Part III
- the early modern period, 1450-1800
- The empires of Asia and Eastern Europe
- New prisons and new ideas in Western Europe
- Punishment in the new European colonies
- Part IV
- the nineteenth century
- An age of reform and its limitations: Western Europe and beyond
- Reform efforts in Asia, Russia, and Latin America
- Punishment in the new empires: from the 19th century to the mid-1950s
- Part V
- the contemporary period
- Major changes
- Regional patterns in the contemporary period.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 06, 2023).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Stearns, Peter N. Punishment in world history
- ISBN:
- 9781003427261
- 100342726X
- 9781000962222
- 1000962229
- 9781000962277
- 100096227X
- Publisher Number:
- 99994881449
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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