Fabrication of virtue, the: english prison architecture, 1750–1840
Auteur :
Evans, Robin
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521181334
Date de publication :
18 août 2011
Dimensions :
24,5 x 17,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
840 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.