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Smith, Philip

Punishment and culture Philip Smith. - Chicago University of Chicago Press 2008. - viii, 219 p. ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-214) and index.

The penal imagination -- The public execution -- The prison -- The panopticon -- The guillotine -- The electric chair -- Punishment and meaning.

ISBN: 9780226766096 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226766098 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226766102 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226766101 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007035707

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA815179

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Punishment
Culture--Semiotic models.

LC Class. No.: GT 6710 / .S65 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 303.3/6