A Genealogy of Terrorism: Colonial Law and the Origins of an Idea

by Joseph McQuade

Book Overview

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 early twentieth-century colonial law, ending with an examination of the first international law to target...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108816320
• ISBN13: 9781108816328
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"