Crime, punishment and the prison in modern China

by Frank Dikotter

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First edition

New York: Columbia University Press, 2002 . First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 441, 5 ; text illustrations; full black cloth, gilt title on spine, fine in fine dust jacket. Based on extensive research and many newly discovered sources, Crime, Punishment and the Prison in Modern China examines the radical changes in Chinese society during the first half of the twentieth century through the lens of the Chinese prison system. More than a simple history of prison

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