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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
by Michel Foucault
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394499425
- ISBN 13
- 9780394499420
- Seller
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South Lyon, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Pantheon Books, 1977. hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. 1977; New York; burgundy cloth covered boards with silver titles; edges are worn and toned; book is cocked; dust jacket is very edge worn and rubbed; remainder mark on bottom edge; underlining throughout; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 333 pages
Synopsis
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison is a book written by the philosopher Michel Foucault. Originally published in 1975 in France under the title Surveiller et punir: Naissance de la Prison, it was translated into English in 1977. It is an examination of the social and theoretical mechanisms behind the massive changes that occurred in western penal systems during the modern age.
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- Bookseller
- A Squared Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1170435
- Title
- Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
- Author
- Michel Foucault
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394499425
- ISBN 13
- 9780394499420
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8x5x1
- X weight
- 16 oz
Terms of Sale
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