Swindler''s Progress - Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty

Informationen zum Autor Kirsten McKenzie is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Sydney. Klappentext Part Regency mystery, part imperial history, this title presents a tale of adventure and deceit across two worlds - British aristocrats and Australian felons - bound together in an emerging age of opportunity and individualism, where personal worth was battling power based on birth alone. It illuminates the darker side of this age of liberty. Zusammenfassung Part Regency mystery! part imperial history! this title presents a tale of adventure and deceit across two worlds - British aristocrats and Australian felons - bound together in an emerging age of opportunity and individualism! where personal worth was battling power based on birth alone. It illuminates the darker side of this age of liberty.

Product details

• Authors: Kirsten Mckenzie
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2010
• EAN: 9780674052789
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05278-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; History, True Crime, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Australasian and Pacific history, Australasia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Atlantic Islands