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

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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Main Author: Duncan, James S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Aldershot : Ashgate, ©2007.
Series:Re-materialising cultural geography.
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505 0 |a 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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