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

• Autore: Duncan James S
• 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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: 1-317-11773-5; 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.: 9910451550703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Re-materialising cultural geography.