000			02031cam a2200277 a 4500
008			110810s2012 enka b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781107003309
020			_a9780521176774
040			_aSDU
050	0	0	_aHN246.A8 _bE64 S 2012
100	1		_aEpstein, James. _9210787
245	1	0	_aScandal of colonial rule : _bpower and subversion in the British Atlantic during the age of revolution / _cJames Epstein.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a289 p. : _bill.
490	1		_aCritical perspectives on empire
505			_aHKBU Library
520			_a"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"--
600	1	0	_aPicton, Thomas, _cSir, _d1758-1815 _xTrials, litigation, etc. _9210788
650		0	_aCriminal justice, Administration of _zTrinidad _xHistory _y19th century. _9210789
650		0	_aSlavery _zTrinidad _xHistory _y19th century. _9210790
650		7	_aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain. _9210791
651		0	_aTrinidad _xSocial conditions _y19th century. _9210792
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xColonies _xHistory _y19th century. _919662
900			_a = C.1 SDU
942			_cGBE _2lcc
999			_c109347 _d109347