Social Control in Europe: Volume 1, 1500-1800

by Pieter Cornelis Spierenburg, Herman Roodenburg, Pieter Spierenburg

This first volume of a two-volume collection of essays provides a comprehensive examination of the idea of social control in the history of Europe. The uniqueness of these volumes lies in two main areas. First, the contributors compare methods of social control on many levels, from police to shaming, church to guilds. Second, they look at these formal and informal institutions as two-way processes. Unlike many studies of social control in the past,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814209688
• ISBN13: 9780814209684
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"