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Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society - Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History Bell, Richard Thomas (University of Oxford)
Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society - Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
Bell, Richard Thomas (University of Oxford)
Why and how did English society embrace the prison as an answer to social problems? This study offers an essential history of imprisonment, emerging carceral ideologies and abolitionist politics between 1550-1700. Richard Thomas Bell sheds new light on the development of carceral ideas that remain both fundamental and controversial today.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| To be released | October 31, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9781009759380 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 340 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 250 g |