Punishment and power in the making of modern Japan /

by Botsman, Dani. Physical details: 1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations, maps ISBN:9781400849291 (e-book).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-302) and index.

Introduction -- Signs of order : punishment and power in the shogun's capital -- Bloody benevolence : punishment, ideology, and outcasts -- The power of status : Kodenmach�o jailhouse and the structures of Tokugawa society -- Discourse, dynamism, and disorder : the historical significance of the Edo stockade for laborers -- Punishment and the politics of civilization in Bakumatsu Japan -- Restoration and reform : the birth of the prison in Japan -- Punishment and prisons in the era of enlightenment -- Punishment, empire, and history in the making of modern Japan.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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