Bound for America
The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-1775
Published on 2. August 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-19-820211-0 (ISBN)
Description
During the eighteenth century, transportation to the colonies became Britain's foremost criminal punishment. From 1718 to 1775, British courts banished fifty thousand convicts. They formed the largest body of emigrants after African slaves ever compelled to go to America. The first comprehensive account of the transportation in the years preceding the settling of Australia, Bound for America combines analysis with a vivid narrative to provide new insights into the origins of crime and the treatment of offenders on both sides of the Atlantic.
Reviews / Votes
`Roger Ekirch's substantial study is the more welcome, for it explains and connects many areas of eighteenth-century history on both sides of the Atlantic ... impressively thorough, widely researched and clearly presented ... the book will be a rich source of new ideas and new associations for all who take an interest in the eighteenth century.'Times Literary Supplement `Roger Ekirch's substantial study is the more welcome, for it explains and connects many areas of eighteenth-century history on both sides of the Atlantic ... impressively thorough, widely researched and clearly presented ... the book will be a rich source of new ideas and new associations for all who take an interest in the eighteenth century.'
Times Literary Supplement
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
4 pp plates, tables
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-820211-0 (9780198202110)
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