Masters and Servants - Cultures of Empire in the Tropics

Informationen zum Autor Claire Lowrie is Lecturer in History at the University of Wollongong, Australia Klappentext Illustrates the centrality of domestic politics to colonial rule and the ways in which mastery over servants was a key expression of colonial power Zusammenfassung Illustrates the centrality of domestic politics to colonial rule and the ways in which mastery over servants was a key expression of colonial power -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Domestic service and colonial mastery in the tropics 1. A 'second Singapore'? The connected histories of Darwin and Singapore, 1860s-1930s2. Historicising 'houseboys': cultures of male servitude in the tropics, 1880s-1910s3. White masters and their Chinese 'houseboys': masculinity, sexuality and racial anxiety in the home, 1880s-1930s4. White women and the case of the disappearing Chinese 'houseboys', 1910s-30s5. Idle mems, weary wives and 'red hot revolutionaries': domestic tension and political antagonism in the home, 1910s-30s6. Masters and colonisers: the politics of Chinese domestic mastery, 1920s-30sConclusion: Domestic service at the end of empireSelect bibliography of secondary sourcesIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Claire Lowrie, Lowrie Claire
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.03.2016
• EAN: 9780719095337
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9533-7
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Singapore, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, Comparative Politics, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History