{"product_id":"2026600000675-secondhand-convicts-the-colonies-a-study-of-penal-transportation-from-great-britain-ireland-to-australia-other-parts-of-the-british-empire-signed","title":"Convicts \u0026 The Colonies: A Study Of Penal Transportation From Great Britain \u0026 Ireland To Australia \u0026 Other Parts Of The British Empire (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing         ,          price clipped\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Some tears and foxing on DJ. Clean text. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of Australian colonial history, Convicts and the Colonies presents a rigorous and authoritative account of the British transportation system and its profound role in shaping the penal colonies of Australia and beyond. A.G.L. Shaw meticulously chronicles the origins, administration, and eventual abolition of convict transportation, drawing on extensive primary sources to illuminate the machinery of punishment and empire that defined an era. Written with scholarly precision yet remaining accessible to the general reader, the work argues that transportation was far more than a penal experiment — it was a calculated instrument of colonial expansion that fundamentally determined the social and economic character of early Australian society. Shaw details the lives of the convicts themselves, the attitudes of colonial administrators, and the fierce political debates that ultimately brought the system to an end, offering an indispensable portrait of one of history's most consequential social policies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48755519914203,"sku":"2026600000675-SECONDHAND","price":150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7067d52b-3980-459f-ad5a-979899362493.png?v=1778221528","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000675-secondhand-convicts-the-colonies-a-study-of-penal-transportation-from-great-britain-ireland-to-australia-other-parts-of-the-british-empire-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}