First published in 1982, this book describes a new kind of prison
architecture that developed in the late eighteenth and early
nineteenth centuries. The book concentrates on architecture, but
places it in the context of contemporary penal practice and
contemporary thought. Beginning with an exploration on the
eighteenth-century prisons before reform, the book goes on to
consider two earlier kinds of imprisonment that were modified by
eighteenth-century reformers. The theory and practice of prison
design is covered in detail. The later parts of the book deals with
alliance between architecture and reform, and with the connection
between the utilitarian architecture of the reformed prisons and
academic neo-classicism. The overall aim of the book is to show the
profound change that was being wrought in the nature of
architecture, which was exemplified in the reformed prisons.
Architecture, one emblem of the social order, was now one of its
fundamental instruments.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2011 |
First published: |
September 2011 |
Authors: |
Robin Evans
|
Dimensions: |
245 x 170 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
486 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-18133-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
General
|
LSN: |
0-521-18133-X |
Barcode: |
9780521181334 |
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