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 of an idea / Joseph McQuade, University of Toronto. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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English
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1 online resource (xvi, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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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...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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England
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2021.
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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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A genealogy of terrorism : colonial law and the origins of an idea / Joseph McQuade, University of Toronto. [electronic resource]
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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74VKaz03Vg8b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz03Vg8b
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1-108-89623-5
1-108-90227-8
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344.05/325
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991024402501802626