Prisons and Forced Labour in Japan : The Colonization of Hokkaido, 1881-1894

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This book examines the local, national, and international significance of convict labour during the colonization of Hokkaido between 1881 and 1894. Based on the analysis of archival, it uses a framework of global prison studies to trace the historical origins of prisons and forced labour in early modern Japan.