Beyond Papillon: The French Overseas Penal Colonies, 1854-1952

by Stephen A. Toth

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803217986
• ISBN13: 9780803217980
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"