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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duncan, James S.

Series:

Re-materialising cultural geography.

Re-materialising cultural geography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coffee industry--Sri Lanka--History--19th century.

Race.

Great Britain--Colonies--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-58820-X

1-317-11773-5

1-317-11772-7

1-281-23833-3

9786611238339

0-7546-8598-5

OCLC:

317951377