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Colonialism and Male Domestic Service Across the Asia Pacific.

"Examining the role of Asian and Indigenous male servants across the Asia Pacific from the late-19th century to the 1930s, this study shows how their ubiquitous presence in these purportedly 'humble' jobs gave them a degree of cultural influence that has been largely overlooked in the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martinez, Julia
Otros Autores: Lowrie, Claire, Steel, Frances, Haskins, Victoria
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Examining the role of Asian and Indigenous male servants across the Asia Pacific from the late-19th century to the 1930s, this study shows how their ubiquitous presence in these purportedly 'humble' jobs gave them a degree of cultural influence that has been largely overlooked in the literature on labour mobility in the age of empire. With case studies from British Hong Kong, Singapore, Northern Australia, Fiji and British Columbia, French Indochina, the American Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the book delves into the intimate and often conflicted relationships between European and American colonists and their servants. It explores the lives of 'houseboys', cooks and gardeners in the colonial home, considers the bell-boys and waiters in the grand colonial hotels, and follows the stewards and cabin-boys on steamships travelling across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This broad conception of service allows Colonialism and Male Domestic Service to illuminate trans-colonial or cross-border influences through the mobility of servants and their employers. This path-breaking study is an important book for students and scholars of colonialism, labour history and the Asia Pacific region."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Descripción Física:1 online resource (281 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-252) and index.
ISBN:9781350056749
135005674X
9781350056756
1350056758
9781350056732
1350056731