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Fear and Loathing in the Empire; Kirsten McKenzie, Scandal and the Colonies: Sydney and Cape Town, 1820-1850. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2004.

This important book should be read by every historian of nineteenth century imperial and colonial history. Within that category I include every historian of nineteenth century Australia, be they students of women's history, cultural history, political history, even military history. This is because Scandal and the Colonies returns us to the grand project of 'the new social history'. It sets out to demonstrate how society works, or more specifically, to show some of the workings between 1820 and 1850 of the societies of Cape Town and Sydney, and of the larger British Empire of which they were constituent parts. It tells us important things about the nature of shame and honour in the ...

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