Conclusion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction 1
7. CHAPTER 1. Signs of Order: Punishment and Power in the Shogun’s Capital 14
8. CHAPTER 2. Bloody Benevolence: Punishment, Ideology, and Outcasts 41
9. CHAPTER 3. The Power of Status: Kodenmachō Jailhouse and the Structures of Tokugawa Society 59
10. CHAPTER 4. Discourse, Dynamism, and Disorder: The Historical Significance of the Edo Stockade for Laborers 85
11. CHAPTER 5. Punishment and the Politics of Civilization in Bakumatsu Japan 115
12. CHAPTER 6. Restoration and Reform: The Birth of the Prison in Japan 141
13. CHAPTER 7. Punishment and Prisons in the Era of Enlightenment 165
14. Conclusion 201
15. Notes 231
16. Bibliography 281
17. Index 303