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Bound for America

其他書名	The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-1775
出版	Clarendon Press, 1987
主題	Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / GeneralLaw / GeneralScience / Life Sciences / BotanySocial Science / Penology
ISBN	01982009279780198200925
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=vFMFAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋From 1718 to 1775, British courts banished 50,000 convicts to America--the largest body of immigrants, aside from African slaves, ever sent across the Atlantic--in hopes of restoring social peace at home without posing the threat to traditional freedoms raised by the death penalty or a harsh corrective system. Drawing upon archives in Britain and the United States, Bound for America examines the critical role this punishment played in Britain's criminal justice system. It also assesses the nature of the convict trade, the social origins of the transported felons, and the impact such a large criminal influx had on colonial society.