| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index. |
| Contents |
On the high seas -- Queensland, 1869-1889 -- Fiji, 1875-1885 -- Trinidad and the Bahamas, 1886-1897 -- India : the setting -- India : in the legal arena, 1889-1922 -- Kenya, 1905-1934 -- British Honduras, 1934. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Race relations.
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Great Britain. |
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Colonies. |
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Race relations. |
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Racism -- Great Britain -- Colonies.
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Racism. |
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Murder -- Great Britain -- Colonies.
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Murder. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
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History. |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Racism. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Wiener, Martin J. Empire on trial. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 0521513650 (OCoLC)318364426 |
| ISBN |
9780511460210 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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051146021X (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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9780511465710 (electronic book ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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0511465718 (electronic book ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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9780511465017 (electronic book) |
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0511465017 (electronic book) |
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0511464274 (electronic book) |
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9780511464270 (electronic book) |
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9780511800665 (electronic book) |
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0511800665 (electronic book) |
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0521513650 (Cloth) |
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0521735076 (Paper) |
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9780521513654 (hardback) |
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9780521735070 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9786611982430 |
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