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020			_a9780511760204 (ebook)
020			_z9781107003309 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aHN246.A8 _bE67 2012
082	0	0	_a306.20972983/09033 _223
100	1		_aEpstein, James, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aScandal of Colonial Rule : _bPower and Subversion in the British Atlantic during the Age of Revolution / _cJames Epstein.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (314 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCritical Perspectives on Empire
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aIn 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.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107003309
830		0	_aCritical Perspectives on Empire.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511760204
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38696 _d38696