Law and Imperialism Criminality and Constitution in Colonial India and Victorian England
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2009
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781851966394
Publisert
2009-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256
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'a fascinating study of legal hierarchies in Britain and India.' Victorian Studies 'will be of interest to students of colonial criminology and scholars more broadly interested in nineteenth-century colonialism.' Itinerario
Laws that were imposed by colonizers were as much an attempt to confirm their own identity as to control the more dangerous elements of a potentially unruly populace. This title uses material from both British Parliamentary Papers and colonial archive material to provide evidence of legal change and response.
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Laws that were imposed by colonizers were as much an attempt to confirm their own identity as to control the more dangerous elements of a potentially unruly populace. This title uses material from both British Parliamentary Papers and colonial archive material to provide evidence of legal change and response.
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Chapter 1 Imperial Miasma; Chapter 2 Theory and the Constitution of Difference; Chapter 3 Imagery and Law in the Creation of Identities; Chapter 4 Scientific Racism and the Constitution of Difference; Chapter 5 The ‘Ethnic’ as a Component of the ‘Criminal’ Class; Chapter 6 Imposing Colonial Legal Identities In India; Chapter 7 Constructing the Sansi as a ‘Criminal’ Class; Chapter 8 Imperial Reflections: A Compelling Insistence;
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781851966394
Publisert
2009-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256
Forfatter