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A major interdisciplinary study of the development of prisons, hospitals and insane asylums in America and Europe, this book resulted from discussions between its two editors about their work on the history of hospitals, poor relief, deviance, and crime, and a subsequent conference held in 1992 by the German Historical Institute that attempted to assess the impacts of Foucault and Elias. Seventeen contributors from six different countries with backgrounds in history, sociology and criminology utilize various methodological approaches and reflect the various viewpoints in the theoretical debate over Foucault's work.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History General & world history

• Full title: Institutions of Confinement
• Subtitle: Hospitals, Asylums, and Prisons in Western Europe and North America, 1500-1950
• Author: Norbert FinzschRobert Jütte
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 382
• EAN: 9780521560702
• ISBN: 0521560705
• ID: 02035225
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 72 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 160 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. January 1997

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