'These strange criminals' : an anthology of prison memoirs by conscientious objectors from the Great War to the Cold War / / edited by Peter Brock
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'These strange criminals' : an anthology of prison memoirs by conscientious objectors from the Great War to the Cold War / / edited by Peter Brock
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004 |
| ©2004 | |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (530 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 355.2/24/0922 |
| Soggetto topico: | Conscientious objectors |
| World War, 1914-1918 - Conscientious objectors | |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Conscientious objectors | |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Conscientious objectors | |
| World War, 1914-1918 - Prisoners and prisons | |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons | |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Prisoners and prisons | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Biographies. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | BrockPeter <1920-2006, > |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Document Credits -- Part One: The Great War -- Introduction -- Britain -- STEPHEN HOBHOUSE -- E. WILLIAMSON MASON -- HUBERT W. PEET -- JOHN HOARE -- GEORGE EWAN -- ROBERT PRICE -- Canada -- JOHN EVANS -- New Zealand -- ARCHIBALD BAXTER -- United States -- ARTHUR DUNHAM -- ALBERT VOTH -- PHILIP GROSSER -- Part Two: The Good War -- Introduction -- Britain -- ALEXANDER BRYAN -- PETER BROCK -- ROBERT L. HOCKLEY -- ERNEST SPRING -- KATHLEEN LONSDALE -- KATHLEEN WIGHAM -- New Zealand -- IAN HAMILTON -- Australia -- PHIL HANCOX -- United States -- ROGER W. AXFORD -- ALFRED HASSLER -- MALCOLM PARKER -- LOWELL NAEVE -- DONALD BENEDICT -- DONALD WETZEL -- Part Three: Cold-War America -- Introduction -- BRADFORD LYTTLE -- JEFFREY PORTEOUS -- J.K. OSBORNE -- 'JOHNSON' -- DAVID MILLER -- Appendix -- Further Reading. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Sometimes intensely moving, and often inspiring, these memoirs show that in some cases, individual conscientious objectors - many well-educated and politically aware - sought to reform the penal system from within either by publicizing its dysfunction or through further resistance to authority. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | These strange criminals |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-5789-8 |
| 1-4426-2080-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787491603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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