Eighteenth-Century Criminal Transportation

AvG. Morgan,P. Rushton

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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This is a study of the convict in the Atlantic world of the 18th century. It concentrates on the diverse characters of the transported men, women and children, and their fate in the colonies - exploring at the local level the contrasts in sentencing, shipping and settlement of convicts in America. The central myths about transportation prevalent in the 18th century, particularly that most felons returned, are examined in the context of the burgeoning print culture of criminal biographies and newspaper stories. In addition, the exchange of representations between the two sides of the Atlantic, and the changing American reaction to convicts, are placed within the growing transatlantic debate on transportation before the American Revolution. Above all, the realities of escape, of convicts running away and returning to England, are subject to systematic investigation for the first time.

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Utgivningsdatum:2003-12-19
Mått:140 x 216 x 19 mm
Vikt:442 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:238
Upplaga:2004
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780333793381

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GWENDA MORGAN is Reader in American History and American Studies at the University of Sunderland. She has published a number of articles and essays on law and society in early America, penal reform in the young republic, as well as a monograph on Richmond County, Virginia. - PETER RUSHTON is Reader in Historical Sociology at the University of Sunderland. He has published widely on aspects of the personal and social relations of early modern England, as revealed in legal and administrative records of north-east English countries. He has written on witchcraft, problems of marriage and family life, the poor law and the care of the mentally disabled.

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Introduction - - the Formation of the Criminal Atlantic Pedlars in the Outports: Transportation, the Locality and the Atlantic Cities, Regions and their Criminals Gangs, Gentlemen and Gypsies: Narratives of Transportation Flight, Escape and Return Panics and Recriminations: Convergence and Divergence and the Criminal Atlantic Conclusion