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An empire on trial : race, murder, and justice under British rule, 1870-1935 /
"An Empire on Trial is the first book to explore the issue of interracial homicide in the British Empire during its height - examining these incidents and the prosecution of such cases in each of seven colonies scattered throughout the world. It uncovers and analyzes the tensions of empire that...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "An Empire on Trial is the first book to explore the issue of interracial homicide in the British Empire during its height - examining these incidents and the prosecution of such cases in each of seven colonies scattered throughout the world. It uncovers and analyzes the tensions of empire that underlay British rule and delves into how the problem of maintaining a liberal empire manifested itself in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The work demonstrates the importance of the processes of criminal justice to the history of the empire and the advantage of a trans-territorial approach to understanding the complexities and nuances of its workings." "An Empire on Trial is of interest to those concerned with race, empire, or criminal justice, and to historians of modern Britain or of colonial Australia, India, Kenya, or the Caribbean. Political and postcolonial theorists writing on liberalism and empire, or race and empire, will also find this book invaluable."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511460210 051146021X 9780511465710 0511465718 9780511465017 0511465017 0511464274 9780511464270 9780511800665 0511800665 1107189985 9781107189980 0511736851 9780511736858 1281982431 9781281982438 9786611982430 6611982434 0511462697 9780511462696 0511461941 9780511461941 0511463480 9780511463488 |