The great wall of confinement [[electronic resource] ] : the Chinese prison camp through contemporary fiction and reportage / / Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu

• Autore: Williams Philip F
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Disciplina: 365/.45/0951
• Soggetto topico: Internment camps - China; Forced labor - China; Political prisoners - China
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WuYenna
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The cultural foundations of China's prison camp system -- The development of the Chinese communist prison camp -- The PRC prison camp (I) -- The PRC prison camp (II) -- Prison writings.
• Sommario/riassunto: China is the only major world power to have entered the twenty-first century with a thriving prison camp network-a frightening, mostly hidden realm known since 1951 as the laogai system. This book, the most comprehensive study of China's prison camps to date, draws from a wide range of primary sources, including many compelling literary documents, to illuminate life inside China's prison camps. Focusing mainly on the second half of the twentieth century, Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu outline the evolution of the laogai system, construct a vivid picture of prisoners' lives from arrest and interrogation to release, and provide a troubling new perspective on the human rights issues plaguing China.
• Titolo autorizzato: The great wall of confinement
• ISBN: 1-282-35806-5; 9786612358067; 0-520-93855-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455313203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II