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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451550703321

Autore

Duncan James S

Titolo

In the shadows of the tropics [[electronic resource] ] : climate, race and biopower in nineteenth century Ceylon / / James S. Duncan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-317-11773-5

1-317-11772-7

1-281-23833-3

9786611238339

0-7546-8598-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

Re-materialising cultural geography

Disciplina

338.1/737309549309034

Soggetti

Coffee industry - Sri Lanka - History - 19th century

Race

Electronic books.

Great Britain Colonies History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Maps and Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of Terms; 1 Introduction; 2 The Rise of a Plantation Economy; 3 Dark Thoughts: Reproducing Whiteness in the Tropics; 4 The Quest to Discipline Estate Labour; 5 The Medical Gaze and the Spaces of Biopower; 6 Visualizing Crime in the Coffee Districts; 7 Landscapes of Despair: The Last Years of Coffee; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this original work James Duncan explores the transformation of Ceylon during the mid-nineteenth century into one of the most important coffee growing regions of the world. This fascinating case study reveals the spatial fragmentation of modernity through a focus on modern governmentality and biopower, and offers a welcome non-state dimension to current work on studies of governmentality in geography.