{"product_id":"empire-of-convicts-9780520294561","title":"Empire of Convicts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book—a product of decades of research—is especially valuable as a narrative that weaves together the lived experiences of convicts and the larger socio-economic and political order they were coerced to serve.\" * SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia *\u003cbr\u003e\"Empire of Convicts is an informative and closely reasoned addition to histories of colonial labour and penology and to the burgeoning literature on the Indian Ocean World.\" * Journal of Development Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1 • Across the \u003ci\u003eKala Pani\u003c\/i\u003e: The Global and Local Contexts of Penal Transportation\u003cbr\u003e 2 • \"Bundwars, Malays, Sebundy Sepoys, and Neas Men\": The Bengkulu World of the Khan Brothers, 1797–1825\u003cbr\u003e 3 • \"Kumpanee ke Noukur\": Rajas and Robbers in Penang, 1790–1870s\u003cbr\u003e 4 • \"Near China beyond the Seas Far Far Distant from Juggernath\": Convict Workers and the Making of Colonial Singapore, 1825–1870s\u003cbr\u003e 5 • Epilogue—Life after Life: The Afterlives of \u003ci\u003eBandwars\u003c\/i\u003e in the Straits Settlements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864904905047,"sku":"9780520294561","price":35.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520294561.jpg?v=1722273280","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/empire-of-convicts-9780520294561","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}