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Convicts And The Colonies: A Study of Penal Transportation from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and Other Parts of the British Empire

Shaw, A. G. L. (Alan George Lewers), 1916-2012
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Professor Shaw examines the working of the transportation system far more closely than his predecessors who have so often been contentwith a few horror stories. In this book he puts it in its proper place as one of the various modes of punishment used in the English penal system, and considers it reformatory as well as its deterrent features. He reminds us that Australia was not the only colony to which British statesmen wanted to send their felons.

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Author Shaw, A. G. L. (Alan George Lewers), 1916-2012
Number of pages399
PublisherMelbourne University Press
Year Published1978
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

Very Good (Used copy)

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