No bond but the law : punishment, race, and gender in Jamaican state formation, 1780-1870 /

Paton, Diana, 1969-

No bond but the law : punishment, race, and gender in Jamaican state formation, 1780-1870 / Diana Paton. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2004. - xv, 291 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Next wave .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-279) and index.

Prison and plantation -- Planters, magistrates, and apprentices -- The treadmill and the whip -- Penality and politics in a "free" society -- Justice and the Jamaican people.



0822334011 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822334019 (cloth : alk. paper) 0822333988 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780822333982 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2004007251

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013007606 Uk


Criminal justice, Administration of--History.--Jamaica
Punishment--History.--Jamaica
Administración de justicia penal--Historia--Jamaica.
Penas--Historia--Jamaica.

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