{"product_id":"dance-in-chains-political-imprisonment-in-the-modern-world-9780199375745","title":"Dance in Chains: Political Imprisonment in the Modern World","description":"States around the world imprison people for their beliefs or politically-motivated actions. Oppositional movements of all stripes celebrate their comrades behind bars. Yet they are more than symbols of repression and human rights. \u003cem\u003eDance in Chains \u003c\/em\u003eexamines the experiences of political prisoners\u003cbr\u003ethemselves in order to understand who they are, what they do, and why it matters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first book to trace the history of modern political imprisonment from its origins in the mid-nineteenth century. The letters, diaries, and memoirs of political prisoners, as well as the records of regime policies, relate the contest in the prison cell to political conflicts between\u003cbr\u003eregime and opposition. Padraic Kenney draws on examples from regimes ranging from communist and fascist to colonial and democratic, including Ireland, the United Kingdom, Poland, and South Africa. They include the Fenian Brotherhood, imprisoned in England and Ireland in the 1860s, and their\u003cbr\u003esuccessors during the Irish War of Independence and the Northern Ireland Troubles; Afrikaaners suspected of treason during the Boer War; socialists fighting for Polish freedom in the Russian Empire, and then Communists denouncing bourgeois rule in newly-independent Poland; the opponents of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eapartheid\u003c\/em\u003e South Africa and stalinist Poland; and those imprisoned by the United States in Guantanamo Bay detention camp today. Some prisons are well-known; in others, inmates suffered in obscurity. Through self-organization, education, and actions ranging from solitary non-cooperation to mass hunger\u003cbr\u003estrikes, these prisoners transform their incarceration and counter states' efforts to control them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile considering the international movements that have sought to publicize the plight of political prisoners, \u003cem\u003eDance in Chains\u003c\/em\u003e examines the actions of the prisoners themselves to find universal answers to questions about the meaning and purpose of their imprisonment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Padraic Kenney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199375745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePadraic Kenney\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History and International Studies at Indiana University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Burdens of Freedom: Eastern Europe since 1989\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Carnival of Revolution: Central Europe, 1989\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRebuilding Poland: Workers and Communists, 1945-1950\u003c\/em\u003e. He has served as president of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40364679102579,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":44.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_243b428a-b244-4732-bc53-ed5d8cd27d9c.jpg?v=1660664774","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/dance-in-chains-political-imprisonment-in-the-modern-world-9780199375745","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}