Beyond Papillon: The French Overseas Penal Colonies, 1854-1952
Author:   Stephen A. Toth
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:  

9780803244498


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 September 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Stephen A. Toth
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780803244498


ISBN 10:   0803244495
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 September 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Back to the Future: France and Penal Colonization; 2. The Desire to Deport: The Recidivist of Fin de Siecle France; 3. Life in the Penal Colony: The View from Above and Below; 4. The Lords of Discipline: The French Penal Colony Service; 5. The Battle over the Bagnard: Tropical Medicine in the Bagne; 6. The Not-So-Fatal Shore: The Criminological Conception of the Fin de Siecle Bagne; 7. The Bagne Obscura: Representational Crisis and the Twentieth Century Conclusion

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...the appearance of Toth's book is welcome indeed...Toth's chapter about internal life, especially the perspective from below, offers fascinating reading...the entire chapter 7 again offers fascinating reading Pieter Spierenburg Crime, History & Societies 2009, Vol. 13, No. 1 Stephen A. Toth adds to the growing literature on colonial police forces and prisons with this sophisticated, archivally grounded history of French penal colonies in French Guiana and New Caledonia from their creation in 1854 to their final closure in 1952... [T]his is a very satisfying piece of work, a welcome addition to new colonial history. American Historical Review


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Stephen A. Toth is an assistant professor of history at Arizona State University’s West campus.

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