"Shaw discusses the changing British views on punishment, the attempts made by administrators in Australia to meet these views and the reasons for their final failure; but, in addition to considering British policy, he is concerned with the convicts as colonists. .Whether or not the system was a success depends on what one's criterion for success should be." --- Shaw: Professor of History, Monash University, Victoria, formerly Senior Lecturer in History, University of Sydney. --- Original black cloth boards, lettered gilt on spine (22.2 cm height). Previous owner inscription front free endpaper. Printed dustwrapper, price-clipped, some rubbing and fraying to ends and corners. Now protected. Pp. 399 including List of Tables (9), Preface, References and Abbreviations, Introduction, Appendix: The Numbers Transported, Select Bibliography, Index. Seller Inventory # 15952

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Title: Convicts & the Colonies: A Study of Penal ...

Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited, London

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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