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Eighteenth-Century Criminal Transportation
Morgan, Gwenda; Rushton, Peter
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Description for Eighteenth-Century Criminal Transportation
Hardback. This is a study of the convict in the Atlantic world of the 18th century. It concentrates on the diverse characters of the transported men, women and children, and their fate in the colonies - exploring at the local level the contrasts in sentencing, shipping and settlement of convicts in America. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
This is the first major study of the convict in the Atlantic world of the eighteenth century. It concentrates on the diverse characters of the transported men, women and children, and their fate in the colonies, exploring at the local level the contrasts in sentencing, shipping and settlement of convicts in America. The central myths about transportation prevalent in the eighteenth century, particularly that most felons returned, are examined in the context of the burgeoning print culture of criminal biographies and newspaper stories. In addition, the exchange of representations between the two sides of the Atlantic, and the changing American ... Read more
This is the first major study of the convict in the Atlantic world of the eighteenth century. It concentrates on the diverse characters of the transported men, women and children, and their fate in the colonies, exploring at the local level the contrasts in sentencing, shipping and settlement of convicts in America. The central myths about transportation prevalent in the eighteenth century, particularly that most felons returned, are examined in the context of the burgeoning print culture of criminal biographies and newspaper stories. In addition, the exchange of representations between the two sides of the Atlantic, and the changing American ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333793381
SKU
V9780333793381
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99-15
About Morgan, Gwenda; Rushton, Peter
GWENDA MORGAN is Reader in American History and American Studies at the University of Sunderland. She has published a number of articles and essays on law and society in early America, penal reform in the young republic, as well as a monograph on Richmond County, Virginia. PETER RUSHTON is Reader in Historical Sociology at the University of Sunderland. He ... Read more
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