Imperial underworld : an escaped convict and the transformation of the British colonial order / Kirs...
Imperial underworld : an escaped convict and the transformation of the British colonial order / Kirs...
Imperial underworld : an escaped convict and the transformation of the British colonial order / Kirsten McKenzie.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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H 2016/1886 , G 2016/2071
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English
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Physical content
xi, 318 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 23 cm.
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text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1.`Plausible and audacious frauds': The theatre of imperial politics and reform -- 2.`A Daemon behind the Curtain': Reputation, parliamentary politics and political spin -- 3.Green-bag-makers and blood-hunters: Information management and espionage -- 4.`In return for services rendered': Liberated Af...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
During a major overhaul of British imperial policy following the Napoleonic Wars, an escaped convict reinvented himself as an improbable activist, renowned for his exposes of government misconduct and corruption in the Cape Colony and New South Wales. Charting scandals unleashed by the man known variously as Alexander Loe Kaye and William Edwards,...
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Imperial underworld : an escaped convict and the transformation of the British colonial order / Kirsten McKenzie.
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Critical perspectives on empire
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300) and index.
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H 2016/1886 , G 2016/2071
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74VKVpG4KzQd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpG4KzQd
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ISBN
1107686792
9781107070738
1107070732
9781107686793
DDC
364.16/33092
MMS ID
991023987309602626
