{"product_id":"institutions-of-confinement-hospitals-asylums-and-prisons-in-western-europe-and-north-america-1500-1950-paperback-9780521534482","title":"Institutions of Confinement; Hospitals, Asylums, and Prisons in Western Europe and North America, 1500–1950 (Paperback) 9780521534482","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInstitutions of Confinement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHospitals, Asylums, and Prisons in Western Europe and North America, 1500–1950\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn interdisciplinary study of the development of prisons, hospitals and insane asylums in America and Europe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNorbert Finzsch (Edited by), Robert Jütte (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521534482, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 January 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 8 b\/w illus.  15 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...the reader can be grateful for a provocative distillatioln of the work of a leading American historian of the hospital, recast to elicit comparative reflections.\"    Thomas M. Adams, Journal of Social History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA major interdisciplinary study of the development of prisons, hospitals and insane asylums in America and Europe, this book resulted from discussions between its two editors about their work on the history of hospitals, poor relief, deviance, and crime, and a subsequent conference held in 1992 by the German Historical Institute that attempted to assess the impacts of Foucault and Elias. Seventeen contributors from six different countries with backgrounds in history, sociology and criminology utilize various methodological approaches and reflect the various viewpoints in the theoretical debate over Foucault's work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: 1. Elias, Foucault, Oestereich: on a historical theory of confinement Norbert Finzsch\u003cbr\u003e 2. Four centuries of prison history: punishment, suffering, the body, and power Pieter Spierenburg\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Hospitals and Asylums: 3. The transformation of the American hospital Morris J. Vogel\u003cbr\u003e 4. The construction of the hospital patient in early modern France Colin Jones\u003cbr\u003e 5. Before the clinic was 'born': methodological perspectives in hospital history Guenter B. Risse\u003cbr\u003e 6. Syphilis and confinement: hospitals in early modern Germany Robert Jütte\u003cbr\u003e 7. Madhouses, children's wards, and clinics: the development of insane asylums in Germany Christina Vanja\u003cbr\u003e 8. Pietist universal reform and care of the sick and the poor: the medical institutions of the Francke Foundations and their social context Renate Wilson\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Prisons: 9. Michel Foucault's impact on the German historiography of criminal justice, social discipline, and medicalization Martin Dinges\u003cbr\u003e 10. The history of ideas and its significance for the prison system Gerlinda Smaus\u003cbr\u003e 11. The prerogratives of confinement in Germany, 1933–45: 'protective custody' and other police strategies Robert Gellately\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'Comparing apples and oranges?' The history of early prisons in Germany and the United States Norbert Finzsch\u003cbr\u003e 13. Reformers United: the American and the German juvenile court, 1882–1923 Karl Tilman Winkler\u003cbr\u003e 14. The medicalization of criminal law reform in imperial Germany Richard F. Wetzell\u003cbr\u003e 15. Prison reform in France and other European countries in the nineteeth century Patricia O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e 16. Surveillance and redemption: the casa di correzione of San Michele a Ripa in Rome Luigi Cajani\u003cbr\u003e 17. 'Policing the bachelor subculture': the demographies of summary misdemeanants, Allegheny County jail, 1892–1923 Lynne M. Adrian and Joan E. Crowley\u003cbr\u003e 18. Beyond confinement? Notes on the history and possible future of solitary confinement in Germany Sebastian Scheerer\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019794141464,"sku":"9780521534482","price":48.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521534482i_6c77039a-cb5d-4ceb-9392-3f42d7b0544f.jpg?v=1691369226","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/institutions-of-confinement-hospitals-asylums-and-prisons-in-western-europe-and-north-america-1500-1950-paperback-9780521534482","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}