Andrew Thompson was transported aged 18 and became one of the most successful men in colonial Australia despite fierce opposition from the NSW Corps and John Macarthur. He was the first ex-convict appointed in the colony as Chief Magistrate.
Описание: This book examines how convicts played a key role in the development of capitalism in Australia and how their active resistance shaped both workplace relations and institutions.
Автор: Carey, Hilary M. (university Of Bristol) Название: Empire of hell ISBN: 1108716806 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108716802 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This revisionist history challenges current ideas about convict transportation from Britain and Ireland, penal colonies and religion. It examines religious arguments for and against convict transportation, asks why elites believed it could be reformed, and, later, why it should be abolished.
Автор: Crowley Michael Название: The Stony Ground: The Remembered Life of Convict James Ruse ISBN: 1909976571 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781909976573 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3104.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The story of Cornish farmworker James Ruse, reprieved from the hangman`s noose and transported to Botany Bay on the First Fleet in 1788. A highly original narrative of exile and survival from rural England to New South Wales and the Tasman Sea filling a gap in the literature of transportation and dramatising a key period in British penal history.
Автор: Carey Hilary M Название: Empire of Hell ISBN: 1107043085 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107043084 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 17266.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This revisionist history challenges current ideas about convict transportation from Britain and Ireland, penal colonies and religion. It examines religious arguments for and against convict transportation, asks why elites believed it could be reformed, and, later, why it should be abolished.
Автор: Prieur Francois Xavier Название: Notes of a Convict of 1838 ISBN: 1922473227 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781922473226 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3125.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.