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ISBN10: 0691117217, ISBN13: 9780691117218, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover 2004. Hardcover. Very Good.
[Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 0691117217, ISBN13: 9780691117218, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover Book has mild rubbing to covers and gentle bumping to top and bottom of spine. Otherwise, the book is in very good condition-- clean, bright, sharp. Dust jacket has mild rubbing and surface scratches to covers, gentle edgewear, and light wrinkling to top and bottom of spine. Otherwise, the dust jacket is in very good condition-- clean and presentable.
[San Jose, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

Princeton University Press 2004 1st ed hardcover Princeton. 2004. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0691117217. 248 pages. hardcover. keywords: Sociology Prison. FROM THE PUBLISHER-On March 11, 1985, a van was pulled over in Warsaw for a routine traffic check that turned out to be anything but routine. Inside was Marek Kaminski, a Warsaw University student who also ran an underground press for Solidarity. The police discovered illegal books in the vehicle, and in a matter of hours five secret police escorted Kaminski to jail. A sociology and mathematics major one day, Kaminski was the next a political prisoner trying to adjust to a bizarre and dangerous new world. This remarkable book represents his attempts to understand that world. As a coping strategy until he won his freedom half a year later by faking serious illness, Kaminski took clandestine notes on prison subculture. Much later, he discovered the key to unlocking that culture-game theory. Prison first appeared an irrational world of unpredictable violence and arbitrary codes of conduct. But as Kaminski shows in riveting detail, prisoners, to survive and prosper, have to master strategic decision-making. A clever move can shorten a sentence; a bad decision can lead to rape, beating, or social isolation. Much of the confusion in interpreting prison behavior, he argues, arises from a failure to understand that inmates are driven not by pathological emotion but by predictable an ...

ISBN10: 0691117217, ISBN13: 9780691117218, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover First Edition Princeton. 2004. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0691117217. 248 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Sociology Prison. FROM THE PUBLISHER - On March 11, 1985, a van was pulled over in Warsaw for a routine traffic check that turned out to be anything but routine. Inside was Marek Kaminski, a Warsaw University student who also ran an underground press for Solidarity. The police discovered illegal books in the vehicle, and in a matter of hours five secret police escorted Kaminski to jail. A sociology and mathematics major one day, Kaminski was the next a political prisoner trying to adjust to a bizarre and dangerous new world. This remarkable book represents his attempts to understand that world. As a coping strategy until he won his freedom half a year later by faking serious illness, Kaminski took clandestine notes on prison subculture. Much later, he discovered the key to unlocking that culture - game theory. Prison first appeared an irrational world of unpredictable violence and arbitrary codes of conduct. But as Kaminski shows in riveting detail, prisoners, to survive and prosper, have to master strategic decision-making. A clever move can shorten a sentence; a bad decision can lead to rape, beating, or social isolation. Much of the confusion in interpreting prison behavior, he argues, arises from a failure to understand th ...
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, Date: 2004. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. AS NEW IN DUST JACKET. 2004. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691117217 9780691117218 [US]

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Princeton University Press, Date: 2004-05-30. Hardcover. New. As new clean tight and bright Please email for photos. 2004. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691117217 9780691117218 [US]

Princeton University Press 2004-05-30 Hardcover New As new clean tight and bright Please email for photos.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. ISBN 0691117217 9780691117218 [US]

Princeton University Press 2004-05-30 Hardcover New Size: 100x12x148; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Princeton University Press, Date: 2004-05-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2004. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691117217 9780691117218 [US]

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