ISBN:
0511760205
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1139336657
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9780511760204
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9781139336659
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (316 pages)
Series Statement:
Critical Perspectives on Empire
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Epstein, James Scandal of Colonial Rule : Power and Subversion in the British Atlantic during the Age of Revolution
DDC:
306.20972983/09033
Keywords:
Picton, Thomas Trials, litigation, etc
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Picton, Thomas
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Criminal justice, Administration of History 19th century
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Slavery History 19th century
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HISTORY ; Europe ; Great Britain
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British colonies
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Slavery
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Social conditions
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Kolonialismus
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Sklaverei
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History
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Trials, litigation, etc
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Electronic books
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Great Britain Colonies 19th century
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History
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Trinidad Social conditions 19th century
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Trinidad and Tobago ; Trinidad
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Anglophone Karibik
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Electronic book
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Electronic books
Abstract:
3: "Only answerable to God and conscience": justice unbounded by lawPicton's arrival; Frontier society; Personal rule; Modes of violence; An ill-used British subject:; Rights of Englishmen; 4: Ruling narratives; Verified narratives; Domestic (dis- )order; 5: The radical underworld goes colonial; Before Trinidad; Surveillance and subversion; Captivity; The labyrinth of guilty fascination; Race and colonial settlement; A ghostwriter's progress; 6: In search of free labor; "A guiltless, bloodless colony"; "Free" settlers all; Turning East; Conclusion; 7: Conspiracy in the archive; Prelude.
Abstract:
A dramatic and innovative history of the British public's confrontation with the iniquities of nineteenth-century colonial rule
Abstract:
Cover; Scandal of Colonial Rule; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations and maps; Acknowledgments; Cast of characters; Abbreviations; Manuscript collections; Public Record Office, National Archives, London; Contemporary newspapers and journals; Academic journals; Printed and on-line sources; Maps; Introduction; 1: Politics of colonial sensation; In King's Bench; Louisa's cause; Limits; 2: A gentleman's way in the world; Cosmopolitan; An affair of honor; Colonial war; Writing India; Imperial (in)justice; Improvement and reform; State service.
Abstract:
The Christmas conspiracyArchival violence; An element of doubt; Poison; Implications; Epilogue: Moving on; End games; Trinidad: subjects and slaves; Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
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