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Imperial Underworld
Kirsten Mckenzie
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Description for Imperial Underworld
paperback. Charts the political exposes of an escaped convict-turned-activist and sheds new light on nineteenth-century British imperial reform. Series: Critical Perspectives on Empire. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
During a major overhaul of British imperial policy following the Napoleonic Wars, an escaped convict reinvented himself as an improbable activist, renowned for his exposés of government misconduct and corruption in the Cape Colony and New South Wales. Charting scandals unleashed by the man known variously as Alexander Loe Kaye and William Edwards, Imperial Underworld offers a radical new account of the legal, constitutional and administrative transformations that unfolded during the British colonial order of the 1820s. In a narrative rife with daring jail breaks, infamous agents provocateurs, and allegations of sexual deviance, Professor Kirsten McKenzie argues that such colourful ... Read more
During a major overhaul of British imperial policy following the Napoleonic Wars, an escaped convict reinvented himself as an improbable activist, renowned for his exposés of government misconduct and corruption in the Cape Colony and New South Wales. Charting scandals unleashed by the man known variously as Alexander Loe Kaye and William Edwards, Imperial Underworld offers a radical new account of the legal, constitutional and administrative transformations that unfolded during the British colonial order of the 1820s. In a narrative rife with daring jail breaks, infamous agents provocateurs, and allegations of sexual deviance, Professor Kirsten McKenzie argues that such colourful ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Critical Perspectives on Empire
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107686793
SKU
V9781107686793
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About Kirsten Mckenzie
Kirsten McKenzie studied at the University of Cape Town. She completed her doctorate as a Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, and joined the History Department of the University of Sydney in 2002. She employs the perspectives of cultural history to ask questions about the relationship between identity, social status and political liberties in the early nineteenth-century British Empire. Her ... Read more
Reviews for Imperial Underworld
'Imperial Underworld covers much ground and generally does so exceptionally well. … narratively well balanced and analytically precise. In using the labyrinthine life of William Edwards as an entry point to explore lesser-known aspects of colonial policymaking, Kirsten McKenzie makes a valuable contribution to scholarly discussions on the unwieldy nature of reform, the role of scandal in colonial societies, and ... Read more