{"product_id":"the-colonial-bastille-a-history-of-imprisonment-in-vietnam-1862-1940-hardcover","title":"The Colonial Bastille: A History of Imprisonment in Vietnam, 1862-1940 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Zinoman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Zinoman's original and insightful study focuses on the colonial prison system in French Indochina and its role in fostering modern political consciousness among the Vietnamese. Using prison memoirs, newspaper articles, and extensive archival records, Zinoman presents a wealth of significant new information to document how colonial prisons, rather than quelling political dissent and maintaining order, instead became institutions that promoted nationalism and revolutionary education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eZinoman makes original contributions on multiple fronts, including colonial systems; prisons as social institutions; political life in prison; public campaigns concerning prisons; and released prisoners in action. He also takes us beyond the colonial\/anticolonial, nationalist\/communist, and war\/peace dichotomies that have long dominated Vietnam studies.--David Marr, author of \u003ci\u003eVietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a wonderful, lucidly argued, and meticulously documented book.--Ann Stoler, author of \u003ci\u003eRace and the Education of Desire: Foucault's History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eZinoman makes original contributions on multiple fronts, including colonial systems; prisons as social institutions; political life in prison; public campaigns concerning prisons; and released prisoners in action. He also takes us beyond the colonial\/anticolonial, nationalist\/communist, and war\/peace dichotomies that have long dominated Vietnam studies.--David Marr, author of \u003ci\u003eVietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a wonderful, lucidly argued, and meticulously documented book.\"--Ann Stoler, author of \u003ci\u003eRace and the Education of Desire: Foucault's History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Zinoman \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Southeast Asian History at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45424634724454,"sku":"9780520224124","price":124.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bnpkeXU1elMrV3R4dWFRMDhkengvQT09.webp?v=1775599260","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-colonial-bastille-a-history-of-imprisonment-in-vietnam-1862-1940-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}