Detention Camps in Asia : : The Conditions of Confinement in Modern Asian History / / Robert Cribb, Christina Twomey, and Sandra Wilson.

"Why have Asian states - colonial and independent - imprisoned people on a massive scale in detention camps? How have detainees experienced the long months and years of captivity? And what does the creation of camps and the segregation of people in them mean for society as a whole? This ambitio...

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Superior document:Social Sciences in Asia Series ; Volume 41
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Social sciences in Asia ; Volume 41.
Physical Description:1 online resource (326 pages)
Notes:Includes index.
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Summary:"Why have Asian states - colonial and independent - imprisoned people on a massive scale in detention camps? How have detainees experienced the long months and years of captivity? And what does the creation of camps and the segregation of people in them mean for society as a whole? This ambitious book surveys the systems of detention camps set up in Asia from the beginning of the 20th century in The Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Malaya, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam, Timor, Korea and China"--
ISBN:9004512578
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Robert Cribb, Christina Twomey, and Sandra Wilson.