Clare Anderson (University of Leicester)

Convicts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A radical new global reading of histories of empire and nation, showing that the history of punishment is not solely connected to the emergence of prisons and penitentiaries, but to histories of governance, occupation and global connections across the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 494
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9781108814942
• ISBN-10: 1108814948
• Artikelnr.: 62121065

Autorenporträt

Clare Anderson is Professor of History at the University of Leicester.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: a British expedition to the Brazilian penal colony of Fernando de Noronha in 1887. Part I: 2. Empires and colonies
3. Nations, borders, and islands
4. Enslavement, banishment, and penal transportation
5. Imperial governance
6. Insurgency, politics, and religion
Part II: 7. Punishment and penal systems
8. Encounters, exploration, and knowledge
9. Medicine, criminality, and race
10. The human sciences
11. Escape and extradition
12. Conclusion
Index.