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This 1982 book describes a new kind of prison architecture that developed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The book places architecture in the context of contemporary penal practice and thought. The book shows the profound change in the nature of architecture, exemplified in the reformed prisons.

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List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Another world, yet the same; 2. From correction to reformation; from dungeon to cell; 3. Gaol fever; 4. Penitentiaries and reformed prisons; 5. A way of obtaining power; 6. Classification, inspection and labour; 7. Architecture against communication; 8. The Model Prison; 9. The uncoupling of architecture and reform; 10. Architecture limited and unlimited; Notes; Index.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 8/18/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521181334, 978-0521181334
      ISBN10: 052118133X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This 1982 book describes a new kind of prison architecture that developed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The book places architecture in the context of contemporary penal practice and thought. The book shows the profound change in the nature of architecture, exemplified in the reformed prisons.

      Table of Contents
      List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Another world, yet the same; 2. From correction to reformation; from dungeon to cell; 3. Gaol fever; 4. Penitentiaries and reformed prisons; 5. A way of obtaining power; 6. Classification, inspection and labour; 7. Architecture against communication; 8. The Model Prison; 9. The uncoupling of architecture and reform; 10. Architecture limited and unlimited; Notes; Index.

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