Regulating lives historical essays on the state, society, the individual, and the law
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- ISBN: 0774808861 (print)
- ISBN: 9780774850261 (electronic bk.)
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1 electronic text (vi, 314 p.) : digital file.
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electronic resource - Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : UBC Press, c2002
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General Note: | CatMonthString:january.23 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection. Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in print version. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
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Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by Canada Commons. |
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Subject: | Law -- Social aspects -- British Columbia Social control -- History -- British Columbia British Columbia -- Social policy Multi-User. |
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Nine essays investigate the history of law as an instrument of social control, moral regulation, and the government, focusing primarily on British Columbia, Canada, where most of the contributors work as scholars in law or criminology. Among the areas they tackle are the sex trade, the spread of venereal disease, the use and abuse of liquor, child welfare, mental disorder, intrafamily sexual abuse, Aboriginal culture and traditions, and Doukhobor beliefs and customs. The studies rely on forays into archival material at the national, provincial, and local levels. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Univ of Washington Pr
Regulating Lives looks at the roles of the state, society, the individual, and the law in the regulation of public and private life. In nine original essays, the authors apply the concepts of social control, moral regulation, and governmentality, as developed by influential social theorists such as Stanley Cohen, Michel Foucault, and Philip Corrigan, to the specific conditions that prevailed in early British Columbia. Along a span of nearly a century and a half â and across a diversity of topics including intermarriage, mental disorder, prohibition, incest, childrenâs aid, venereal disease, prostitution, and compulsory education â the essays collectively affirm the power of these ideas to clarify the intricate relations that developed, and continue to exist, between British Columbians and the political, social, and cultural order that surrounds them. In the process, they reveal the boundless potential of the west coast province as a site for such historical expeditions into the terrain of the state, society, the individual, and the law.
This collection will interest scholars, researchers, practitioners, and students across a wide range of contexts, including law, history, sociology, criminology, womenâs studies, Native studies, social work, and political science.