Regulating Lives - Historical Essays on the State, Society, the Individual, and the Law (Paperback, New Ed)

This book examines Canadian experiences of social control, moralregulation, and governmentality during the late nineteenth and earlytwentieth centuries. Informed by the wealth of theoretical andhistorical writings that have recently emerged on these subjects, thecontributors explore diverse state, social, legal, and human encounterswith the regulation of lives in British Columbia and Canadian history.Incest in the criminal courts, racial-ethnic dimensions of alcoholregulation, public health initiatives around venereal disease, and theseizure and indoctrination of Doukhobor children, among other issues,are examined in these nine original essays.

General

Imprint:	University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Law and Society
Release date:	2003
First published:	2002
Editors:	Robert Menzies • Dorothy E. Chunn
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	320
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7748-0887-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Foundations of law > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-7748-0887-X
Barcode:	9780774808873

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