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

Name: Empire on Trial Race, Murder, and Justice under British Rule, 1870-1935
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ISBN: 9780521735070

ISBN-10: 0521735076

ISBN-13: 9780521735070

Edition: 2008

Authors: Martin J. Wiener

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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…

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Martin J. Wiener is the Mary Jones Professor of History at Rice University. His previous books include Between Two Worlds: The Political Thought of Graham Wallas (1971), English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit (1980), and Reconstructing the Criminal (1990).



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



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


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index