A merciless place : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution / / Emma Christopher
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| Autore: |
Christopher Emma <1971->
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| Titolo: |
A merciless place : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution / / Emma Christopher
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (453 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 365/.34 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Influence |
| Note generali: | "First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-412) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 scattered to the farthest corners of the British e |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A merciless place |
| ISBN: | 0-19-984375-9 |
| 1-283-37346-7 | |
| 9786613373465 | |
| 0-19-984376-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811974203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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