An empire on trial
Subtitle: race, murder, and justice under British rule, 1870-1935
By: Martin J. Wiener.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780521513654; 9780521735070
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History; Racism -- Great Britain -- Colonies; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Race relations; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century
Description: 'An Empire on Trial' explores the issue of interracial homicide in the British Empire during its height - examining these incidents and the prosecution of such cases in each of seven colonies scattered throughout the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On the high seas; title: Queensland, 1869-1889; title: Fiji, 1875-1885; title: Trinidad and the Bahamas, 1886-1897; title: India : the setting; title: India : in the legal arena, 1889-1922; title: Kenya, 1905-1934; title: British Honduras 1934.