Convicts and empire : a naval question, 1776-1811 /
Argues that William Pitt's decision to send convicts to Australia was based on Britain's need to secure a base in the Pacific for trade with the East.
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Melbourne ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1980.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Lord Sydney and the convicts, 1776-1786
- Part II: William Pitt and naval strategy about India, 1778-1811
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- Part III: Appendix and notes.