Imperial creatures : humans and other animals in colonial Singapore, 1819-1942 /

"The environmental turn in the humanities and social sciences has meant a new focus on the history of animals. This is one of the first books to look across species at animals in a colonial, urban society. If imperialism is a series of power relationships, it involves not only the subjugation o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barnard, Timothy P., 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore : NUS Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Human ecology > Singapore > History.
Human ecology.
Singapore > History > Environmental aspects.
Singapour > Histoire > Aspect de l'environnement.
Singapore.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Animals, Empire and Singaporean history
  • Taming an island
  • Fauna in a colonial landscape
  • Defining cruelty
  • Domestication, regulation and control of dogs, and other animals
  • Markets, proteins and the public abattoirs
  • Epilogue : the white monkey.

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