Stephen A. Toth is Associate Professor of Modern European History at Arizona State University. The primary focus of his research examines the history of incarceration, most particularly the evolution of the prison in theory and practice, in modern France and the Francophone world. He is the author of Beyond Papillon and numerous scholarly articles. He has been the recipient of research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Philosophical Society.

Mettray is a model for those interested in studying youth incarceration, gender, and sexuality. I anticipate that many graduate classes on modern history, especially the history of gender and sexuality, will adopt this work for discussion in graduate seminars.(Journal of Social History) Mettray undertakes quite an extensive exploration of the rich archive of this significant institution [a] most engaging history.(French History) Toth immerses his reader in a micro-history based on a rich bibliography and, above all, by an exhaustive examination of the archives of the penal colony of Mettray As [he] shows, what began as a resolutely utopian project that emerged from an optimistic representation of juvenile delinquents by reformers in the first half of the nineteenth century was marked by a slow drift towards a strictly authoritarian and punitive model.(International Review of Social History) Stephen A. Toth's beautifully written history of the Mettray agricultural colony for delinquent boys is an exciting, original addition to the history of youth, the history of carceral society, the history of sexuality, and the history of modern France.(European History Quarterly)

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Origins2. Regime3. Resistance4. Discord5. Maison Paternelle6. DenouementConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Stephen A. Toth is Associate Professor of Modern European History at Arizona State University. The primary focus of his research examines the history of incarceration, most particularly the evolution of the prison in theory and practice, in modern France and the Francophone world. He is the author of Beyond Papillon and numerous scholarly articles. He has been the recipient of research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Philosophical Society.

Mettray is a model for those interested in studying youth incarceration, gender, and sexuality. I anticipate that many graduate classes on modern history, especially the history of gender and sexuality, will adopt this work for discussion in graduate seminars.(Journal of Social History) Mettray undertakes quite an extensive exploration of the rich archive of this significant institution [a] most engaging history.(French History) Toth immerses his reader in a micro-history based on a rich bibliography and, above all, by an exhaustive examination of the archives of the penal colony of Mettray As [he] shows, what began as a resolutely utopian project that emerged from an optimistic representation of juvenile delinquents by reformers in the first half of the nineteenth century was marked by a slow drift towards a strictly authoritarian and punitive model.(International Review of Social History) Stephen A. Toth's beautifully written history of the Mettray agricultural colony for delinquent boys is an exciting, original addition to the history of youth, the history of carceral society, the history of sexuality, and the history of modern France.(European History Quarterly)

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Origins2. Regime3. Resistance4. Discord5. Maison Paternelle6. DenouementConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Stephen A. Toth is Associate Professor of Modern European History at Arizona State University. The primary focus of his research examines the history of incarceration, most particularly the evolution of the prison in theory and practice, in modern France and the Francophone world. He is the author of Beyond Papillon and numerous scholarly articles. He has been the recipient of research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Philosophical Society.

Mettray is a model for those interested in studying youth incarceration, gender, and sexuality. I anticipate that many graduate classes on modern history, especially the history of gender and sexuality, will adopt this work for discussion in graduate seminars.(Journal of Social History) Mettray undertakes quite an extensive exploration of the rich archive of this significant institution [a] most engaging history.(French History) Toth immerses his reader in a micro-history based on a rich bibliography and, above all, by an exhaustive examination of the archives of the penal colony of Mettray As [he] shows, what began as a resolutely utopian project that emerged from an optimistic representation of juvenile delinquents by reformers in the first half of the nineteenth century was marked by a slow drift towards a strictly authoritarian and punitive model.(International Review of Social History) Stephen A. Toth's beautifully written history of the Mettray agricultural colony for delinquent boys is an exciting, original addition to the history of youth, the history of carceral society, the history of sexuality, and the history of modern France.(European History Quarterly)

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Origins2. Regime3. Resistance4. Discord5. Maison Paternelle6. DenouementConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex