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'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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lowrie, Claire (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Colección:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Temas:
1800-1899
Household employees > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Household employees > Singapore > History > 19th century.
Household employees > Australia > Darwin (N.T.) > History > 19th century.
Employés de maison > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Employés de maison > Singapour > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Employés de maison > Australie > Darwin (T. du N.) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
British colonies
Household employees
Social conditions
Kolonie
Sklaverei
Herrschaft
Great Britain > Colonies > Asia.
Great Britain > Colonies > Social conditions.
Singapore > History > 19th century.
Darwin (N.T.) > History > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Asie.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Conditions sociales.
Singapour > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Asia
Great Britain
Northern Territory > Darwin
Singapore
Singapur
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: domestic service and colonial mastery in the tropics
  • A 'second Singapore'? The connected histories of Darwin and Singapore, 1860s-1930s
  • Historicising 'houseboys': cultures of male servitude in the tropics, 1880s-1910s
  • White masters and their Chinese 'houseboys': masculinity, sexuality and racial anxiety in the home, 1880s-1930s
  • White women and the decline of Chinese 'houseboys', 1910s-1930s
  • Idle mems, weary wives and 'red hot revolutionaries': domestic tension and political antagonism in the home, 1910s-1930s
  • Masters and colonisers: the politics of Chinese domestic mastery, 1920s-1930s
  • Conclusion: domestic service at the end of the Empire.

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