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This classic text presents a close look at the transportation system and sets it in its proper place as one of various modes of punishment used in the English penal system.
Australia was not the only colony to which British statesmen wanted to send their felons, and the author discusses projects of transportation to the American colonies and South Africa, throwing light on 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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About the Author
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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- PublisherMelbourne Univ Pr
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0522841147
- ISBN 13 9780522841145
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages399
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Convicts And The Colonies : A Study of Penal Transportation from Great Britain & Ireland to Australia and Other Parts of the British Empire
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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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Soft cover. Condition: 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.**. Seller Inventory # 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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