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Masters and servants : cultures of empire in the Tropics /
'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 central...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | '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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 213 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-205) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781784997496 1784997498 9781526109651 1526109654 9781784997939 1784997935 |