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Autore: | Bannister Jerry <1968-> |
Titolo: | The rule of the admirals : law, custom, and naval government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832 / / Jerry Bannister |
Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2003 |
©2003 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (452 p.) |
Disciplina: | 347.718 |
Soggetto topico: | Law - Newfoundland and Labrador - History |
Naval law - Newfoundland and Labrador - History | |
Justice, Administration of - Newfoundland and Labrador - History | |
Soggetto geografico: | Newfoundland and Labrador Politics and government |
Canada History, Naval | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Naval history |
History | |
Electronic books. | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- The fishing admirals system -- An unruly set of people: the struggle for judicial authority -- The establishment of naval government -- A fief of the admiralty: Newfoundland under naval rule -- Using mercy and terror: the patterns of criminal justice -- Enforcing the social order: punishment in a fishing society -- The fall of naval government -- Conclusion. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "The Rule of the Admirals sheds light on one of the most misunderstood chapters in Canadian and British colonial history. Drawing on extensive archival research as well as a broad range of secondary sources, Bannister provides a groundbreaking reinterpretation of a critical period in Newfoundland's colonial development."--Jacket. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The rule of the admirals |
ISBN: | 1-281-99226-7 |
9786611992262 | |
1-4426-8228-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910806865303321 |
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