An Empire on Trial

by Martin J. Wiener

Book Overview

An Empire on Trial is the first book to explore the issue of interracial homicide in the British Empire during its height - examining these incidents and the prosecution of such cases in each of seven colonies scattered throughout the world. It uncovers and analyzes the tensions of empire that underlay British rule and delves into how the problem of maintaining a liberal empire manifested itself in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521735076
• ISBN13: 9780521735070
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"