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This foundation text presents a close look at the transportation system that sets it in its context as one of various modes of punishment used in the English penal system. It considers the reformatory as well as the deterrent features of the system.The author reminds us that Australia was not the only colony to which British statesmen wanted to send their felons, and discusses projects of transportation to the American colonies and South Africa. He throws light on some of the considerations which led to the foundation of Australia and the 'choice of Botany Bay'. His discussion of the character of the convicts settles many of the longstanding arguments about the criminality of Australia's founders by subjecting their records to rigorous scrutiny.
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A. G. L. Shaw is Emeritus Professor of History at Monash University and has had a distinguished career as a scholar in Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academies of the Humanities and of the Social Sciences and has been president of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. In 1982 he was awarded the A.O. for services to education. Professor Shaw has published widely.
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Convicts And The Colonies: A Study of Penal Transportation from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and Other Parts of the British Empire
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Melbourne University Press, 1981
ISBN 10 : 0522841147
ISBN 13 : 9780522841145
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Soft cover
Vendeur : Rons Bookshop (Canberra, Australia), Canberra, ACT, Australie
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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 2nd Edition. Professor Shaw examines the working of the transportation system far more closely than his predecessors who have so often been contentwith a few horror stories. In this book he puts it in its proper place as one of the various modes of punishment used in the English penal system, and considers it reformatory as well as its deterrent features. He reminds us that Australia was not the only colony to which British statesmen wanted to send their felons. ** The jacket has light stains at the top of the frontispiece and on the laminate cover.**. N° de réf. du vendeur 002445
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Convicts and the Colonies: A Study of Penal Transportion from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and Other Parts of the British Empire.
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Faber & Faber Ltd., London, UK, 1966
ISBN 10 : 0522841147
ISBN 13 : 9780522841145
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Vendeur : Banfield House Booksellers, Gympie, QLD, Australie
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. 399 pages recent full leather binding with five raised bands gilt lettered title on spine, gilt decorated spine, gilt ruled edges on covers. Notation on fly leaf and previous owner's details at back of title page. N° de réf. du vendeur 02250
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