Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
by Foucault, Michel
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679752552
- ISBN 13
- 9780679752554
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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
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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
- Montana Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 085671
- Title
- Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
- Author
- Foucault, Michel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679752552
- ISBN 13
- 9780679752554
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FOUCAULT, MICHEL SOCIOLOGY PRISONS PENAL SYSTEM
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