02941nam 22006854a 450 991045155070332120200520144314.01-317-11773-51-317-11772-71-281-23833-397866112383390-7546-8598-5(CKB)1000000000412235(EBL)438636(OCoLC)317951377(SSID)ssj0000177971(PQKBManifestationID)11183338(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177971(PQKBWorkID)10219241(PQKB)10998085(MiAaPQ)EBC438636(MiAaPQ)EBC5293434(Au-PeEL)EBL438636(CaPaEBR)ebr10215629(CaONFJC)MIL924984(Au-PeEL)EBL5293434(CaONFJC)MIL123833(OCoLC)1027168450(EXLCZ)99100000000041223520070328d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the shadows of the tropics[electronic resource] climate, race and biopower in nineteenth century Ceylon /James S. DuncanAldershot, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgatec20071 online resource (229 p.)Re-materialising cultural geographyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7546-7226-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-208) and index.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; IndexIn 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.Re-materialising cultural geography.Coffee industrySri LankaHistory19th centuryRaceGreat BritainColoniesHistoryElectronic books.Coffee industryHistoryRace.338.1/737309549309034Duncan James S850360MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451550703321In the shadows of the tropics1923356UNINA