Britain and Its Internal Others, 17501800 - Under Rule of Law

This book revisits six notorious incidents that occasioned vigorous debate in London's courtrooms, streets and presses. Each case adjudicated the presence of outsiders in London - from Jews and Gypsies to Africans and Catholics.

List of contents

Introduction: Empire and law, 'Firmly united by the circle of the British diadem'
1 Internal others: Jews, Gypsies, and Jacobites
2 'In a country of liberty?':Sslavery, villeinage and the making of whiteness in the Somerset case (1772)
3 Imperial disruptions: City, nation, and empire in the Gordon Riots
4 'This fleet is not yet republican': Conceptions of law in the mutinies of 1797
5 Wedding and Bedding: making the Union with Ireland, 1800
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index

About the author

Dana Rabin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Summary

This book revisits six notorious incidents that occasioned vigorous debate in London's courtrooms, streets and presses. Each case adjudicated the presence of outsiders in London – from Jews and Gypsies to Africans and Catholics. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Dana Rabin, Dana Y Rabin, Dana Y. Rabin
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781526120403
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2040-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries