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

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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 biop...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Duncan, James S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Aldershot : Ashgate, ©2007.
Series:Re-materialising cultural geography.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Coffee industry > Sri Lanka > History > 19th century.
Race.
Racial Groups.
Café > Commerce > Sri Lanka > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
British colonies.
Coffee industry.
Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire.
Sri Lanka.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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