| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
By examining the history of prison architecture in colonial Senegal, the book adds a new dimension to the processes and motives behind the production of architectural styles in colonial Africa and help insert Africa into a more global history by providing a uniquely comparative study of colonialism, architecture, and punishment--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction: African prisons and history -- Penal politics in colonial Senegal -- Building the colonial prison in Senegal (1817-1950) -- Prison location : controlling men and enforcing labor -- Prison architecture and penal experience -- The architecture of repression : prison buildings and designs in Senegal (1833-1946) -- Prison architecture and patterns of surveillance, life, and discipline -- Redesigning the colonial prison : African responses to imprisonment -- Post-colonial prisons in Senegal -- Architectural makeover : the legacy of colonial prisons in Senegal -- Appendix: Prison experiences and narratives : the power of words. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Prisons -- Senegal -- Design and construction -- History.
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Prisons. |
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Senegal. |
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History. |
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Prisons and race relations -- Senegal -- History.
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Imprisonment -- Senegal -- History.
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Imprisonment. |
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Prisons and race relations. |
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial. |
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Prisons -- Design and construction. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Konaté, Dior, 1969- author. Prison architecture and punishment in colonial Senegal Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2018 9781498560146 (DLC) 2018037656 |
| ISBN |
9781498560153 (epub) |
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1498560156 |
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9781498560146 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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