Scandal of colonial rule : power and subversion in the British Atlantic during the age of revolution / James Epstein.
نوع المادة :![نص](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
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- 9781107003309 (hardback)
- 9780521176774 (paperback)
- Trinidad -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Trinidad -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Trinidad -- History -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century
- Picton, Thomas, Sir, 1758-1815 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
- HN246.A8 E67 2012
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HN246.A8 E67 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011109265 | ||
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HN246.A8 E67 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011109266 | ||
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HN246.A8 E67 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.3 | المتاح | 30010011109267 |
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"In 1806 General Thomas Picton, Britain's first governor of Trinidad, was brought to trial for the torture of a free mulatto named Louisa Calderon and for overseeing a regime of terror over the island's slave population. James Epstein offers a fascinating account of the unfolding of this colonial drama. He shows the ways in which the trial and its investigation brought empire 'home' and exposed the disjuncture between a national self-image of humane governance and the brutal realities of colonial rule. He uses the trial to open up a range of issues, including colonial violence and norms of justice, the status of the British subject, imperial careering, visions of development after slavery, slave conspiracy and the colonial archive. He reveals how Britain's imperial regime became more authoritarian, hierarchical and militarised but also how unease about abuses of power and of the rights of colonial subjects began to grow"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Politics of colonial sensation; 2. A gentleman's way in the world; 3. 'Only answerable to God and conscience': justice unbounded by law; 4. Ruling narratives; 5. The radical underworld goes colonial; 6. In search of free labor; 7. Conspiracy in the archive; Epilogue: moving on.