02165nam a22003258a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002400224082002700248100002900275245014600304264005200450300005900502336002600561337002600587338003600613490003600649500007300685520093800758776003501696830003701731856007101768CR9780511760204UkCbUP20180107143412.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100505s2012||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511760204 (ebook)  z9781107003309 (hardback)  z9780521176774 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aHN246.A8 bE67 201200a306.20972983/090332231 aEpstein, James,eauthor.10aScandal of Colonial Rule :bPower and Subversion in the British Atlantic during the Age of Revolution / [electronic resource]cJames Epstein. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2012.  a1 online resource (314 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aCritical Perspectives on Empire  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aIn 1806 General Thomas Picton, Britain's first governor of Trinidad, was brought to trial for the torture of a free mulatto named Louisa Calderon and for overseeing a regime of terror over the island's slave population. James Epstein offers a fascinating account of the unfolding of this colonial drama. He shows the ways in which the trial and its investigation brought empire 'home' and exposed the disjuncture between a national self-image of humane governance and the brutal realities of colonial rule. He uses the trial to open up a range of issues, including colonial violence and norms of justice, the status of the British subject, imperial careering, visions of development after slavery, slave conspiracy and the colonial archive. He reveals how Britain's imperial regime became more authoritarian, hierarchical and militarised but also how unease about abuses of power and of the rights of colonial subjects began to grow.08iPrint version: z9781107003309 0aCritical Perspectives on Empire.40uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511760204zCambridge Books Online