ISBN:
9780511462696
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (271 pages)
Parallel Title:
Wiener, Martin J., 1941 - An empire on trial
DDC:
364.15230917124109034
Keywords:
Racism - Great Britain - Colonies
;
Electronic books
;
Großbritannien
;
Kolonie
;
Mord
;
Strafjustiz
;
Rassismus
;
Geschichte 1870-1935
Abstract:
This book explores interracial homicide in the British Empire during its height - examining these incidents in each of seven colonies scattered throughout the world.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Liberalism Versus Empire? -- II. Interracial Homicide Trials -- III. The Courtroom as Arena -- 1 On the High Seas -- 2 Queensland, 1869-1889 -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- 3 Fiji, 1875-1885 -- 4 Trinidad and the Bahamas, 1886-1897 -- I. A Chief Justice Goes Too Far -- II. A Magistrate's Brief Tenure -- III. The Sands Boys Get in Trouble -- IV. Two Chief Justices Lose Their Jobs -- 5 India: The Setting -- 6 India: In the Legal Arena, 1889-1922 -- 7 Kenya, 1905-1934 -- 8 British Honduras, 1934 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Unpublished Manuscripts and Collections -- Unpublished Secondary Sources -- Newspapers -- Published Secondary Sources -- Index.
