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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791091403321

Autore

Saha J

Titolo

Law, Disorder and the Colonial State [[electronic resource] ] : Corruption in Burma c.1900 / / by J. Saha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-349-34743-4

1-137-30699-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, , 2635-1633

Disciplina

959.1/04

959.104

Soggetti

Great Britain—History

Asia—History

Imperialism

History, Modern

World politics

History of Britain and Ireland

Asian History

Imperialism and Colonialism

Modern History

History of South Asia

Political History

Burma History 1824-1948

Great Britain Colonies Asia Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The plot within the plot'Native' quarrels and white rule; 4 The Male State; Gendered subjects, gendered state; Women in Burma (and their henpecked husbands); Compromising situations; Misconduct and gendered violence; The fashioning of the male state; Conclusion; Corruption and the making of the modern state; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this original study British rule in Burma is examined through quotidian acts of corruption. Saha outlines a novel way to study the



colonial state as it was experienced in everyday life, revealing a complex world of state practices where legality and illegality were inseparable: the informal world upon which formal colonial power rested.