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Autore: | Duncan James S |
Titolo: | In the shadows of the tropics [[electronic resource] ] : climate, race and biopower in nineteenth century Ceylon / / James S. Duncan |
Pubblicazione: | Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.1/737309549309034 |
Soggetto topico: | Coffee industry - Sri Lanka - History - 19th century |
Race | |
Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Colonies History |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | In the shadows of the tropics |
ISBN: | 1-315-58820-X |
1-317-11773-5 | |
1-317-11772-7 | |
1-281-23833-3 | |
9786611238339 | |
0-7546-8598-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910777495903321 |
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