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A genealogy of terrorism : colonial law and the origins of an idea / Joseph McQuade, University of T...

A genealogy of terrorism : colonial law and the origins...

A genealogy of terrorism : colonial law and the origins of an idea / Joseph McQuade, University of T...

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A genealogy of terrorism : colonial law and the origins of an idea / Joseph McQuade, University of Toronto. [electronic resource]

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Full title

A genealogy of terrorism : colonial law and the origins of an idea / Joseph McQuade, University of Toronto. [electronic resource]

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

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BOOK

Record Identifier

74VKaz03Vg8b

MMS ID

991024402501802626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (xvi, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Contents

Introduction : the colonial prose of counterterrorism -- Ethereal assassins : colonial law and 'hereditary crime' in the nineteenth century -- 'The magical lore of Bengal' : surveillance, swadeshi and propaganda by bomb, 1890s to 1913 -- 'The eye of government is on them' : anti-colonialism and emer...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2021.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

Using India as a case study, Joseph McQuade demonstrates how the modern concept of terrorism was shaped by colonial emergency laws dating back into the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beginning with the 'thugs', 'pirates', and 'fanatics' of the nineteenth century, McQuade traces the emerging and novel legal category of 'the terrorist' in...

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Full title

A genealogy of terrorism : colonial law and the origins of an idea / Joseph McQuade, University of Toronto. [electronic resource]

Variant title

BOOK

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General note

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Record Identifier

74VKaz03Vg8b

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz03Vg8b

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ISBN

1-108-89623-5

1-108-90227-8

DDC

344.05/325

MMS ID

991024402501802626

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