The King’s Peace : : Law and Order in the British Empire / / Lisa Ford.
How the imposition of Crown rule across the British Empire during the Age of Revolution corroded the rights of British subjects and laid the foundations of the modern police state. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the British Empire responded to numerous crises in its colonies, from N...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: The King’s Colonial Peace and Its Legacies
- 1. A Peaceable Riot in Boston
- 2. A Military Assassination in Montréal
- 3. War and Peace in Trelawny Town
- 4. A Treachery of Spies in Hooghly
- 5. Bush, Town, and Crown in New South Wales
- Conclusion: Small Stories and the Transformation of Empire
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index