Disciplining Punishment: Colonialism and Convict Society in the Andaman Islands

By Satadru Sen

This volume examines the first four decades in the history of the Andaman Islands penal colony. The analysis focuses on the meanings of 'crime' and 'rehabilitation' in colonial India, the objectives of punishment, and the responses of Indian criminals to the punishment inflicted by the colonial state.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195651162
• ISBN13: 9780195651164
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.3"