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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817142303321

Autore

Zinoman Peter <1965->

Titolo

The colonial Bastille : a history of imprisonment in Vietnam, 1862-1940 / / Peter Zinoman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001

ISBN

0-520-92517-3

9786612356544

1-282-35654-2

1-59734-549-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Disciplina

365/.9597

Soggetti

Prisons - Vietnam - History

National liberation movements - Vietnam - History

Nationalism - Vietnam - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-329) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Maps and Tables -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Origins of the Ill-Disciplined Prison -- 2. The System: Fragmented Order and Integrative Dynamics -- 3. The Regime: Surveillance, Forced Labor, and Total Care -- 4. Prisoners and Prison Society -- 5. Colonial Prisons in Revolt, 1862-1930 -- 6. The Thai Nguyen Rebellion -- 7. Prison Cells and Party Cells: The Indochinese Communist Party in Prison, 1930-1936 -- 8. Prisons and the Colonial Press, 1934-1939 -- 9. The Prisoner Released -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Peter Zinoman's original and insightful study focuses on the colonial prison system in French Indochina and its role in fostering modern political consciousness among the Vietnamese. Using prison memoirs, newspaper articles, and extensive archival records, Zinoman presents a wealth of significant new information to document how colonial prisons, rather than quelling political dissent and maintaining order, instead became institutions that promoted nationalism and revolutionary education.