Cultures of confinement : a history of the prison in Africa, Asia and Latin America - Dikötter, Frank; Brown, Ian, 1947- (Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2007)
Introduction / Frank Dikötter -- Prisons and prisoners in modernising Latin America (1800-1940) / Carlos Aguirre -- The shadow of rule : colonial power and modern punishment in Africa / Florence Bernault -- Regulation, reform and resistance in the Middle Eastern prison / Anthony Gorman -- India : the contested prison / David Arnold -- Sepoys, servants and settlers : convict transportation in the Indian Ocean, 1787-1945 / Clare Anderson -- South East Asia : reform and the colonial prison / Ian Brown -- The promise of repentance : the prison in modern China / Frank Dikötter -- Envisioning the colonial prison / Clare Anderson and David Arnold.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Prisons -- Africa -- History; Prisons -- Asia -- History; Prisons -- Latin America -- History