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The Birth of the Prison
by Michel Foucault and Simon Prebble
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Bibliographic source: Open LibraryDiscipline and Punish is by Michel Foucault, Simon Prebble. The catalogue records its first publication in 1975. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
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Look for a copyDiscipline and punish: the birth of the prison
Vintage eBooks, 2012 / Ebook, 333 pp.
ISBN 9780307819291
Discipline and punish: The Birth of the Prison
Vintage Books, 1995 / 333 pp.
ISBN 0679752552
Discipline and punish: the birth of the prison
Penguin Books, 1991 / 333 pp.
ISBN 014013722X
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Penguin Books Ltd, 1991 / 352 pp.
ISBN 9780140137224
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Penguin Books Ltd, 1991 / Paperback, 352 pp.
ISBN 9780140137224
Discipline and punish: the birth of the prison
Vintage Books, 1979 / 333 pp.
ISBN 0394727673
Discipline and punish: the birth of the prison
Vintage Books, 1979 / 333 pp.
ISBN 0394727673
Discipline and punish: the birth of the prison
Pantheon Books, 1977 / 333 pp.
ISBN 0394499425
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