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Beyond Papillon: The French Overseas Penal Colonies, 1854-1952
Stephen A. Toth
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Description for Beyond Papillon: The French Overseas Penal Colonies, 1854-1952
Paperback. Through an analysis of criminal case files, administrative records, and prisoner biographies, this book reconstructs life in the penal colonies and examines how the social sciences, tropical medicine, and sensational journalism evaluated and exploited the inmates' experiences. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
For French criminologists and colonialists of the mid-nineteenth century, the penal colonies of Guiana and New Caledonia seemed to satisfy two needs, namely, to incarcerate a growing number of criminals and to supply manpower for these developing colonies. But were these two goals not contradictory? Was the primary purpose of the penal colonies to punish or to colonize? In the prisons, inmates found means of subversion, guards resisted militaristic discipline, and camp commanders fought physicians for authority. Back in the metropole, journalistic exposés catered to the public’s fascination with the penal colonies’ horror and exoticism. An understanding of modern France is ... Read more
For French criminologists and colonialists of the mid-nineteenth century, the penal colonies of Guiana and New Caledonia seemed to satisfy two needs, namely, to incarcerate a growing number of criminals and to supply manpower for these developing colonies. But were these two goals not contradictory? Was the primary purpose of the penal colonies to punish or to colonize? In the prisons, inmates found means of subversion, guards resisted militaristic discipline, and camp commanders fought physicians for authority. Back in the metropole, journalistic exposés catered to the public’s fascination with the penal colonies’ horror and exoticism. An understanding of modern France is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803217980
SKU
V9780803217980
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About Stephen A. Toth
Stephen A. Toth is an assistant professor of history at Arizona State University’s West campus.
Reviews for Beyond Papillon: The French Overseas Penal Colonies, 1854-1952
"An engaging and well-researched account of the 100-year histories of the penal colonies of French Guiana and New Caledonia... Beyond Papillon makes important contributions to the histories of colonization and crime and punishment... The very idea of creating overseas penal colonies presents us with troubling questions about how societies deal with offenders against the social order, and Toth's discussion provides ... Read more