Description
Book SynopsisA study that focuses on the colonial prison system in French Indochina and its role in fostering modern political consciousness among the Vietnamese. It presents significant information to document how colonial prisons, rather than quelling political dissent and maintaining order.
Trade Review"Zinoman makes original contributions on multiple fronts, including colonial systems; prisons as social institutions; political life in prison; public campaigns concerning prisons; and released prisoners in action. He also takes us beyond the colonial/anticolonial, nationalist/communist, and war/peace dichotomies that have long dominated Vietnam studies." - David Marr, author of Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945 "This is a wonderful, lucidly argued, and meticulously documented book." - Ann Stoler, author of Race and the Education of Desire: Foucault's History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things"
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Maps and Tables Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Origins of the Ill-Disciplined Prison 2. The System: Fragmented Order and Integrative Dynamics 3. The Regime: Surveillance, Forced Labor, and Total Care 4. Prisoners and Prison Society 5. Colonial Prisons in Revolt, 1862 - 1930 6. The Thai Nguyen Rebellion 7. Prison Cells and Party Cells: The Indochinese Communist Party in Prison, 1930 - 1936 8. Prisons and the Colonial Press, 1933 - 1939 9. The Prisoner Released Epilogue Glossary Select Bibliography Index
