Carceral afterlives :: prisons, detention, and punishment in postcolonial Uganda /

"This social and political history analyzes how incarceration, a practice and policy with colonial origins, was central to both the exertion of and challenges to state power in postcolonial Uganda. The book also illustrates the persistent imbrication of prisons, punishment, politics, and strugg...

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Main Author: Bruce-Lockhart, Katherine, 1990- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]
Series:New African histories series.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"This social and political history analyzes how incarceration, a practice and policy with colonial origins, was central to both the exertion of and challenges to state power in postcolonial Uganda. The book also illustrates the persistent imbrication of prisons, punishment, politics, and struggles for decolonization and freedom across the globe"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 280 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821447741
0821447742

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