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Author Toth, Stephen A., author

Title Mettray : a history of France's most venerated carceral institution / Stephen A. Toth
Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Origins -- Regime -- Resistance -- Discord -- Maison paternelle -- Denouement
Summary "By examining Mettray's "history from below" (i.e., from the perspective of prisoners and staff) this book illuminates the heretofore hidden life of France's most venerated carceral institution"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis agricultural colonies, prisoners, social control, 19th century, 20th century, France
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 04, 2019)
Subject Colonie agricole et pénitentiaire de Mettray -- History
SUBJECT Colonie agricole et pénitentiaire de Mettray fast
Subject Juvenile detention homes -- France -- History
Reformatories -- France -- History
Juvenile corrections -- France -- History
Problem children -- Institutional care -- France -- History
Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- France
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
Juvenile corrections
Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation
Juvenile detention homes
Problem children -- Institutional care
Reformatories
France
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019004889
ISBN 9781501740190
1501740199
9781501740374
1501740377