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Informationen zum Autor Stephen A. Royle is Reader in Geography at Queen's University Belfast. He is Director of Queen's University Centre of Canadian Studies and a past President of the Geographical Society of Ireland. Klappentext In St Helena! when the East India Company had to establish a society the civilian population rebelled! the garrison mutinied! assassinating the governor! and a rebellion by black slaves was savagely punished. This book presents this tale involving issues of race! morality! gender! trade and defence within the context of Empire. In St Helena, when the East India Company had to establish a society the civilian population rebelled, the garrison mutinied, assassinating the governor, and a rebellion by black slaves was savagely punished. This book presents this tale involving issues of race, morality, gender, trade and defence within the context of Empire. Zusammenfassung In St Helena, when the East India Company had to establish a society the civilian population rebelled, the garrison mutinied, assassinating the governor, and a rebellion by black slaves was savagely punished. This book presents this tale involving issues of race, morality, gender, trade and defence within the context of Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures – viiTables – ixAcknowledgements – xi1. Trading Companies and the Colonial Endeavour – 12. ‘The Honourable English East India Company Doe Take Possession of the Island and with Drum and Trumpett Proclaim the Same’: St Helena and the East India Company – 113. ‘Carry Free Planters to St Helena (If Any are Willing to Go)’: Peopling the Company Colony – 444. ‘Uncivil Actions, Attempting to Breach Her Chastity and Being Guilty of Horridble Swearing’: Law and Morality on St Helena – 565. ‘You May Kiss There’: Gender Relations on St Helena – 736. ‘Ye Assistance and Labour of Negroes’: Slavery on St Helena – 847. ‘Tending Even to Sedition’: Resistance, Riot and Rebellion – 1038. ‘I Bestowed a Broadside on Them’: Defence and the Imperial Imperative – 1279. ‘The Duties and Obligations Inherent in the Exercise of Sovereignty Cannot Be Borne by a Private Company’: The Failure of Company Colonies – 156Appendix 1. ‘Exhortation, Admonition or Reproof’: Sources for the Study of Early St Helena – 163Appendix 2. St Helena Timeline – 167Appendix 3. Tables – 169Notes – 191Index – 219...
