Harlots, hussies & poor unfortunate women : crime, transportation & the servitude of female convicts, 1718-1783 / Edith M. Ziegler, Monographie imprimée
Language: anglais.Country: EtatsUnis.Publication : Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2014, cop. 2014Description: 1 vol. (XII-228 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 978-0-8173-1826-0; 0-8173-1826-7.Series: Atlantic crossingsDewey: 364.3/74097309033, 23Contents note: List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Social change, crime, and the law Punishment, pleas, and the prospect of exile Bound for Maryland Arrival in the New World Servants and masters Escape Going home and staying on Mary Nobody in the republic of virtue Appendix 1: Statistical information on convict women Appendix 2: List of convict women's occupations Appendix 3: Privy council resolution, 1615 Appendix 4: Transportation act of 1718 Appendix 5: Crimes punished by transportation at the old bailey 1718-1776 Appendix 6: Colonial legislation regarding convicts Notes Bibliography Index Bibliography: Bibliogr. p. 207-220. Index.Subject - Topical Name: Prisonnières -- Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle | Transportation -- États-Unis -- Maryland (États-Unis) 18e siècleItem type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Prêt normal | BU Chevreul 4ème étage : Langues | Anglais | 942.07 ZIE (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 0379744189 |
Bibliogr. p. 207-220. Index
List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Social change, crime, and the law Punishment, pleas, and the prospect of exile Bound for Maryland Arrival in the New World Servants and masters Escape Going home and staying on Mary Nobody in the republic of virtue Appendix 1: Statistical information on convict women Appendix 2: List of convict women's occupations Appendix 3: Privy council resolution, 1615 Appendix 4: Transportation act of 1718 Appendix 5: Crimes punished by transportation at the old bailey 1718-1776 Appendix 6: Colonial legislation regarding convicts Notes Bibliography Index