Masters and servants : cultures of empire in the Tropics / Claire Lowrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lowrie, Claire, Author.

Series:

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)

Studies in imperialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Household employees--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Household employees.

Household employees--Singapore--History--19th century.

Household employees--Australia--Darwin (N.T.)--History--19th century.

Great Britain--Colonies--Asia.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Colonies--Social conditions.

Singapore--History--19th century.

Singapore.

Darwin (N.T.)--History--19th century.

Darwin (N.T.).

Asia.

Northern Territory--Darwin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations (black & white), map, tables; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

MSI edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

'Masters and Servants' explores the politics of colonial mastery and domestic servitude in the neighbouring British colonies of Singapore and Darwin. Through an exploration of master-servant relationships within British, white Australian and Chinese homes, this text illustrates the centrality of the domestic realm to the colonial project. It is a comparative history of domestic service and British colonialism in the tropics, and highlights the important role which 'houseboys' played in colonial households in the tropics and the common preference for Chinese 'houseboys' throughout Southeast Asia.

Contents:

Cover ; Masters and servants; Contents ; List of figures ; List of tables ; Acknowledgements ; List of foreign words and terms ; Introduction: Domestic service and colonial mastery in the tropics; 1 A 'second Singapore'? The connected histories of Darwin and Singapore, 1860s-1930s; 2 Historicising 'houseboys': cultures of male servitude in the tropics, 1880s-1910s; 3 White masters and their Chinese 'houseboys': masculinity, sexuality and racial anxiety in the home, 1880s-1930s; 4 White women and the decline of Chinese 'houseboys', 1910s-1930s

5 Idle mems, weary wives and 'red hot revolutionaries': domestic tension and political antagonism in the home, 1910s-1930s6 Masters and colonisers: the politics of Chinese domestic mastery, 1920s-1930s; Conclusion: Domestic service at the end of Empire; Select bibliography of secondary sources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781784997939

1784997935

9781526109651

1526109654

9781784997496

1784997498

OCLC:

980814670