METTRAY by Stephen A. Toth ( 9781501740183 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

METTRAY
A HISTORY OF FRANCE''S MOST VENERATED CARCERAL INSTITUTION

By:

Stephen A. Toth

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1501740180

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9781501740183

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Publisher:

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

15 November, 2019

Pages:

280

Description:

The Mettray Penal Colony was a private reformatory without walls, established in France in 1840 for the rehabilitation of young male delinquents. Foucault linked its opening to the most significant change in the modern status of prisons and now, at last, Stephen Toth takes us behind the gates to show how the institution legitimized France''s...

Illustrations:

10 Halftones, black and white

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