Stephen A. Toth, Beyond Papillon. The French overseas penal colonies, 1854-1952
Within the history of punishment, transportation has been a relatively understudied phenomenon. As is generally known, the practice was especially characteristic for the early modern period, although Britain continued it until the mid-nineteenth century. The French were exceptional to the extent th...
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Within the history of punishment, transportation has been a relatively understudied phenomenon. As is generally known, the practice was especially characteristic for the early modern period, although Britain continued it until the mid-nineteenth century. The French were exceptional to the extent that their principal period of transportation started about that time and lasted for another hundred years. Shipments of convicts to French Guiana were halted in 1938 and the penal colony was dismant... |
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