LEADER 03702nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910810629403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-139-33415-8 010 $a1-107-22688-0 010 $a1-280-39355-6 010 $a1-139-33752-1 010 $a9786613571472 010 $a0-511-76020-5 010 $a1-139-33997-4 010 $a1-139-34155-3 010 $a1-139-33665-7 010 $a1-139-33839-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000177935 035 $a(EBL)866865 035 $a(OCoLC)792684412 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000640857 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11446413 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000640857 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10614333 035 $a(PQKB)10554298 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511760204 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866865 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866865 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10558208 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL357147 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000177935 100 $a20110810d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aScandal of colonial rule $epower and subversion in the British Atlantic during the age of revolution /$fJames Epstein 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge ;$aNew York $cCambridge University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (xxiii, 289 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCritical perspectives on empire 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-17677-8 311 $a1-107-00330-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: 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. 330 $aIn 1806 General Thomas Picton, Britain's first governor of Trinidad, was brought to trial for the torture of a free mulatto named Louisa Calderon and for overseeing a regime of terror over the island's slave population. James Epstein offers a fascinating account of the unfolding of this colonial drama. He shows the ways in which the trial and its investigation brought empire 'home' and exposed the disjuncture between a national self-image of humane governance and the brutal realities of colonial rule. He uses the trial to open up a range of issues, including colonial violence and norms of justice, the status of the British subject, imperial careering, visions of development after slavery, slave conspiracy and the colonial archive. He reveals how Britain's imperial regime became more authoritarian, hierarchical and militarised but also how unease about abuses of power and of the rights of colonial subjects began to grow. 410 0$aCritical perspectives on empire. 606 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zTrinidad and Tobago$zTrinidad$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSlavery$zTrinidad and Tobago$zTrinidad$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aTrinidad$xSocial conditions$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aCriminal justice, Administration of$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory 676 $a306.20972983/09033 686 $aHIS015000$2bisacsh 700 $aEpstein$b James$0710061 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810629403321 996 $aScandal of colonial rule$94077207 997 $aUNINA