Beschreibung:
Challenges preconceptions of convict transportation from Britain and Ireland, penal colonies and religion.
List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: 'Empire of Hell'; 2. Saints, Whigs and penal colonies, 1788¿1822; 3. 'Hell upon earth': Sir George Arthur in Van Diemen's land, 1823¿1837; 4. Quakers and convict concerns; 5. Christian utilitarianism and Archbishop Richard Whately; 6. Catholics, Protestants and the 'horrors of transportation'; 7. 'Ocean hell': Captain Maconochie and Norfolk Island, 1837¿1844; 8. Probation in Van Diemen's land, 1840¿1849; 9. 'Political parsons' and the anti-transportation movement, 1847¿1854; 10. 'Floating hells': Bermuda, Gibraltar and the Hulks, 1850¿1875; 11. 'Reformatory colony': Western Australia, 1850¿1868; 12. Conclusion: 'this great scheme of human redemption'; Bibliography; Index.