This book focuses on major changes in punishment patterns during the principal phases of world history, tracing continuities, reforms, and regional differences.
This book focuses on major changes in punishment patterns during the principal phases of world history, tracing continuities, reforms, and regional differences.
Peter N. Stearns is University Professor of History at George Mason University. He has written widely in the fields of world history and the history of emotion, with recent books on Human Rights in World History (rev. ed.) and Happiness in World History.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction Part I: Early Human Societies 2. Punishment in Hunter-Gatherer Societies 3. Early Civilizations and a Transformation of Punishment Part II: The Classical and Postclassical Periods 4. The Classical Societies 5. The Postclassical Period and the Role of Religion Part III: The Early Modern Period, 1450-1800 6. The Empires of Asia and Eastern Europe 7. New Prisons and New Ideas in Western Europe 8. Punishment in the New European Colonies Part IV: The 19th Century 9. An Age of Reform and Its Limitations: Western Europe and Beyond 10. Reform Efforts in Asia, Russia, and Latin America 11. Punishment in the New Empires: From the 19th Century to the Mid-1950s Part V: The Contemporary Period 12. Major Changes 13. Regional Patterns in the Contemporary Period 14. Conclusion
1. Introduction Part I: Early Human Societies 2. Punishment in Hunter-Gatherer Societies 3. Early Civilizations and a Transformation of Punishment Part II: The Classical and Postclassical Periods 4. The Classical Societies 5. The Postclassical Period and the Role of Religion Part III: The Early Modern Period, 1450-1800 6. The Empires of Asia and Eastern Europe 7. New Prisons and New Ideas in Western Europe 8. Punishment in the New European Colonies Part IV: The 19th Century 9. An Age of Reform and Its Limitations: Western Europe and Beyond 10. Reform Efforts in Asia, Russia, and Latin America 11. Punishment in the New Empires: From the 19th Century to the Mid-1950s Part V: The Contemporary Period 12. Major Changes 13. Regional Patterns in the Contemporary Period 14. Conclusion
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