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Book SynopsisA study of the internal tensions of British imperial rule told through murder and insanity trials
Trade ReviewShortlisted for the Stansky Book Prize, sponsored by the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS)
Shortlisted for the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, sponsored by the Canadian Historical Association (CHA)
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Unsound Empire reconnoitres with late-Victorian jurists and medical men struggling with prisoners too dangerous to release and too mad to hang. Catherine Evans’s micro-histories are strewn with eccentric characters and thick with tales that sparkle with stunning prose.”—Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa
“This original, bold and beautifully crafted book brings legal history, the history of medicine and imperial history into dialogue. A must-read for anyone interested in a critical history of the British Empire.”—Renaud Morieux, author of
The Society of Prisoners: Anglo-French Wars and Incarceration in the Eighteenth Century
