Scandal of Colonial Rule

Scandal of Colonial Rule
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781107003309
ISBN-13 : 110700330X
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Download or read book Scandal of Colonial Rule written by James Epstein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic history of the British public's confrontation with the iniquities of nineteenth-century colonial rule. James Epstein uses the trial of the first governor of Trinidad for the torture of a freewoman of color to reassess the nature of British colonialism and the ways in which empire troubled the metropolitan imagination.


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