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Convict Transportation

Convict Transportation is a historical penal practice involving the state-mandated relocation of convicted criminals to distant colonies or territories as a form of punishment and labor exploitation, distinguishing it from other forms of incarceration or exile through its systematic use within colonial administrative frameworks.

85

Publications

3.1K

Citations

90

Authors

47

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

11

Variants

Penal Transportation

Parents

Publications

85

The Fatal Shore. A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia, 1787-1868

Jan Kociumbas, Robert S. Hughes · Labour History · 1987 · 269 citations

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Convicts and the Colonies: A Study of Penal Transportation from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and Other Parts of the British Empire

Samuel Clyde McCulloch, A. G. L. Shaw · The American Historical Review · 1967 · 197 citations

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Written on the Body: The Tattoo in European and American History

Sander L. Gilman, Jane Caplan · The American Historical Review · 2001 · 157 citations

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Convict Transportation from Britain and Ireland 1615–1870

Hamish Maxwell‐Stewart · History Compass · 2010 · 149 citations · Full text

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Convicts and Coolies: Rethinking Indentured Labour in the Nineteenth Century

Clare Anderson · Slavery and Abolition · 2009 · 128 citations · Full text

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Authors

90

  1. CA
    Clare Anderson

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 296 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. HM
    Hamish Maxwell‐Stewart

    University of Tasmania, Australia

    5 publications · 194 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. AR
    A. Roger Ekirch

    Virginia Tech, United States

    5 publications · 233 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. DR
    David Roberts

    University of New England, Australia

    4 publications · 72 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. ID
    Ian Duffield

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 142 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

47

  1. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    235 citations

  2. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    72 citations

  3. University of New England

    Armidale, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    87 citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

  5. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    175 citations

  6. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    137 citations

  7. International Institute of Social History

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    55 citations

  8. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 7 publications · 513 citations

    7

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  2. Labour History

    6 publications · 523 citations

    6

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  3. International Review of Social History

    5 publications · 94 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. The William and Mary Quarterly

    3 publications · 152 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Australian Historical Studies

    3 publications · 126 citations

    3

    h-index

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