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From: Michael Donnelly <michael.donnelly@xxxxxxx>
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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:33:32 -0400
At 11:51 AM 9/21/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>Does anyone know when the first Panopticon was built, paticularily in the
>*West*?
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>A cite for this would be greatly appreciated....
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>Many thanks,
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>Daniel
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>Daniel Vukovich
>English; The Unit for Criticism
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The penitentiary at Millbank, on the present site of the Tate Gallery, was
heavily influenced by Bentham's design; it was built from 1812 to 1816. It
is arguable, however, if Bentham's full plan was ever realised.
Michael Donnelly
Sociology, Univ. of New Hampshire