Eighteenth-century criminal transportation : the formation of the criminal Atlantic /
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| Author / Creator: | Morgan, Gwenda. |
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. |
| Description: | xii, 238 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5131676 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: the Formation of the Criminal Atlantic
- The criminal and the British Atlantic world
- 2. Pedlars in the Outports: Transportation, the Locality and the Atlantic
- Adoption by the counties
- Local judicial strategies
- Shipping and administration--the formation of the criminal Atlantic world
- The convict shippers and the colonies
- 3. Cities, Regions and their Criminals
- Types of criminal: Discretion and disorder
- Categories of criminals
- Gender
- Newcastle and Bristol
- The journey over
- 4. Gangs, Gentlemen and Gypsies: Narratives of Transportation
- Accidental and reluctant narratives
- Gentlemen and gypsies
- Well-known felons: Myths and fancy stories
- The unhappy transport
- Folk representations
- The Virginia Maid's Lament
- Conclusion
- 5. Flight, Escape and Return
- British uses of the press
- The convict in the colonies
- Regional differences
- The advertisements
- Returning and being at large
- 6. Panics and Recriminations: Convergence and Divergence and the Criminal Atlantic
- The foundation myth
- The mid-century panic
- The endgame: Mutual recriminations
- Conclusion
- 7. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
