Law and Imperialism - Criminality and Constitution in Colonial India and Victorian England

Informationen zum Autor Preeti Nijhar Klappentext Laws that were imposed by colonizers were as much an attempt to confirm their own identity as to control the more dangerous elements of a potentially unruly populace. This title uses material from both British Parliamentary Papers and colonial archive material to provide evidence of legal change and response. Zusammenfassung Laws that were imposed by colonizers were as much an attempt to confirm their own identity as to control the more dangerous elements of a potentially unruly populace. This title uses material from both British Parliamentary Papers and colonial archive material to provide evidence of legal change and response. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Imperial Miasma; Chapter 2 Theory and the Constitution of Difference; Chapter 3 Imagery and Law in the Creation of Identities; Chapter 4 Scientific Racism and the Constitution of Difference; Chapter 5 The ‘Ethnic’ as a Component of the ‘Criminal’ Class; Chapter 6 Imposing Colonial Legal Identities In India; Chapter 7 Constructing the Sansi as a ‘Criminal’ Class; Chapter 8 Imperial Reflections: A Compelling Insistence;

Product details

• Authors: Preeti Nijhar, Nijhar Preeti
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138665125
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66512-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Empires in Perspective
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, HISTORY / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Colonialism and imperialism, HISTORY / Asia / South / General