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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Epstein, James A. (1948-....)
Titre(s) : Scandal of colonial rule [Texte imprimé] : power and subversion in the British Atlantic during the age of revolution / James Epstein
Publication : Cambridge, GB ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Description matérielle : xxiii, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Collection : Critical perspectives on empire
Lien à la collection : Critical perspectives on empire
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"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"--
Sujet(s) : Picton, Thomas (1758-1815) -- Procès
Esclavage -- Trinité-et-Tobago -- 19e siècle
Colonies britanniques -- Amérique -- 19e siècle
Conditions sociales -- Trinité-et-Tobago -- 19e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107003309 (hardback). - ISBN 110700330X (hardback). - ISBN 9780521176774
(paperback). - ISBN 0521176778 (paperback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb426588886
Notice n° :
FRBNF42658888
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
