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An Empire on Trial: Race, Murder, and Justice under British Rule, 1870-1935

By Martin J. Wiener

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0521513650, 9780521513654
LCC
DA125.A1 W487 2008
Open Library ID
OL16799923M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1176055 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
271\271
Topic
History
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Европы и Аме

Description

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.

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