| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 280 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Series |
New African histories
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New African histories series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Captivity and freedom in postcolonial Uganda -- Colonial "Cinderella" : prisons and punishment in the colonial period -- A National Prisons Service -- Professional identities and institutional imaginaries : prison work in the postcolonial state -- Detention and dissent in the Obote I years -- "Dungeons," disappearance, and detention : punishment during the Amin years -- State of war : conflict and confinement after Amin -- Conclusion: Contested pasts, contested futures. |
| Summary |
"This social and political history analyzes how incarceration, a practice and policy with colonial origins, was central to both the exertion of and challenges to state power in postcolonial Uganda. The book also illustrates the persistent imbrication of prisons, punishment, politics, and struggles for decolonization and freedom across the globe"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Prisons -- Uganda -- History.
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Imprisonment -- Uganda -- History.
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Political prisoners -- Uganda.
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Imprisonment |
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Political prisoners |
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Prisons |
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Uganda |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bruce-Lockhart, Katherine, 1990- Carceral afterlives. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022] 9780821424780 (DLC) 2021058996 (OCoLC)1274198283 |
| ISBN |
9780821447741 electronic book |
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0821447742 electronic book |
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9780821424780 paperback |
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9780821424773 hardcover |
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