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Christopher Emma <1971-> |
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Titolo |
A merciless place [[electronic resource] ] : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution / / Emma Christopher |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
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0-19-984375-9 |
1-283-37346-7 |
9786613373465 |
0-19-984376-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (453 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Penal transportation - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
Penal transportation - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Prisoners - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
Prisoners - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Convict ships - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
Convict ships - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Penal colonies - History - 18th century |
Penal colonies - History - 19th century |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Influence |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-412) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Destinations for Britain's transported convicts, c. 1770-1800 -- West Africa, c. 1780-1822 -- Bound for America -- Mr. Jefferson and Patrick Madan -- London in flames -- The "best sacrifices for death" -- Africa -- The battle for the coast -- Deserting to the enemy -- A plantation with slaves -- A mutiny and a most peculiar murder -- Trouble at Goree Island -- "Naked and diseased on the sandy shore" -- Trying America again -- The once mighty are fallen -- Lemane Island -- The end of the African disaster -- Afterword. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Since Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, the fate of British convicts has burned brightly in the popular imagination. Incredibly, their larger story is even more dramatic--the saga of forgotten men and women |
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