Colonizing Animals - Interspecies Empire in Myanmar

A pathbreaking history of British imperialism in Myanmar from the early nineteenth century to 1942 populated by animals.

Sommario

Introduction; 1. Valuing animals; 2. Vital resources; 3. Regulating death; 4. Imperial differentiations; 5. Anticolonial affinities; 6. Revolting creatures; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Info autore

Jonathan Saha is Associate Professor of History at the University of Durham. A specialist in the history of British colonial rule in Myanmar, he has published widely on the topics of law, criminality, state formation, gender, medicine, and animals. He is the author of Law, Disorder and the Colonial State (2013).

Riassunto

Animals were vital to the British colonization of Myanmar. This pathbreaking history of British imperialism in Myanmar from the early nineteenth century to 1942 explores how animals were transformed by colonial subjugation and introduces readers to an innovative historical methodology for exploring interspecies relationships in the imperial past.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jonathan Saha, Jonathan (Durham University) Saha, Saha Jonathan
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781108839402
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83940-2
• Pagine: 280
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Myanmar, British Empire, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Animals & society, Asian History, Animals and society, Myanmar (Burma)