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A genealogy of terrorism : colonial law and the origins of an idea / Joseph McQuade, University of Toronto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McQuade, Joseph, 1990- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism (International law)--History--Sources.
- Terrorism (International law).
- Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation--History--Sources.
- Terrorism.
- Law--Great Britain--Colonies.
- Law.
- Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Colonies.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 276 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction : the colonial prose of counterterrorism
- Ethereal assassins : colonial law and 'hereditary crime' in the nineteenth century
- 'The magical lore of Bengal' : surveillance, swadeshi and propaganda by bomb, 1890s to 1913
- 'The eye of government is on them' : anti-colonialism and emergency during the First World War
- Indefinite emergency : revolutionary politics and 'terrorism' in interwar India
- Terrorism as a 'world crime' : the British Empire, international law, and the invention of global terrorism
- Conclusion : empire, law, and terrorism in the 21st century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 18, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: McQuade, Joseph, 1990- A genealogy of terrorism
- ISBN:
- 9781108896238
- 1108896235
- Publisher Number:
- 40030218632
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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