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Umfang: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781442620803

Inhalt: In many modern wars, there have been those who have chosen not to fight. Be it for religious or moral reasons, some men and women have found no justification for breaking their conscientious objection to violence. In many cases, this objection has led to severe punishment at the hands of their own governments, usually lengthy prison terms. Peter Brock brings the voices of imprisoned conscientious objectors to the fore in These Strange Criminals.This important and thought-provoking anthology consists of thirty prison memoirs by conscientious objectors to military service, drawn from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and centring on their jail experiences either during the first or second world wars or in Cold War America. Voices from history - like those of Stephen Hobhouse, Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, Ian Hamilton, Alfred Hassler, and Donald Wetzel - come alive, detailing the impact of prison life and offering unique perspectives on wartime government policies of conscription and imprisonment. Sometimes intensely moving, and often inspiring, these memoirs show that in some cases, individual conscientious objectors - many well-educated and politically aware - sought to reform the penal system from within either by publicizing its dysfunction or through further resistance to authority. The collection is an essential contribution to our understanding of criminology and the history of pacifism, and represents a valuable addition to prison literature.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Foreword -- , Preface -- , Document Credits -- , Part One: The Great War -- , Introduction -- , Britain -- , Canada -- , New Zealand -- , United States -- , Part Two: The Good War -- , Introduction -- , Britain -- , New Zealand -- , Australia -- , United States -- , Part Three: Cold-War America -- , Introduction -- , Appendix -- , Further Reading

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.3138/9781442620803

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442620803

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Umfang: 1 online resource (524 pages)

Ausgabe: 2nd ed.

ISBN: 9781442620803

Serie: Heritage

Inhalt: Sometimes intensely moving, and often inspiring, these memoirs show that in some cases, individual conscientious objectors - many well-educated and politically aware - sought to reform the penal system from within either by publicizing its dysfunction or through further resistance to authority.

Inhalt: Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Document Credits -- Part One: The Great War -- Introduction -- Britain -- STEPHEN HOBHOUSE -- E. WILLIAMSON MASON -- HUBERT W. PEET -- JOHN HOARE -- GEORGE EWAN -- ROBERT PRICE -- Canada -- JOHN EVANS -- New Zealand -- ARCHIBALD BAXTER -- United States -- ARTHUR DUNHAM -- ALBERT VOTH -- PHILIP GROSSER -- Part Two: The Good War -- Introduction -- Britain -- ALEXANDER BRYAN -- PETER BROCK -- ROBERT L. HOCKLEY -- ERNEST SPRING -- KATHLEEN LONSDALE -- KATHLEEN WIGHAM -- New Zealand -- IAN HAMILTON -- Australia -- PHIL HANCOX -- United States -- ROGER W. AXFORD -- ALFRED HASSLER -- MALCOLM PARKER -- LOWELL NAEVE -- DONALD BENEDICT -- DONALD WETZEL -- Part Three: Cold-War America -- Introduction -- BRADFORD LYTTLE -- JEFFREY PORTEOUS -- J.K. OSBORNE -- 'JOHNSON' -- DAVID MILLER -- Appendix -- Further Reading.

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Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780802086617

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780802086617

Sprache: Englisch

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Umfang: 1 online resource (524 pages) : , illustrations

ISBN: 9781442620803 (e-book)

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: 'These strange criminals' : an anthology of prison memoirs by conscientious objectors from the Great War to the Cold War. Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, c2004 ISBN 9780802086617

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books.

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