In the Shadows of the Tropics
Climate, Race and Biopower in Nineteenth Century Ceylon
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 and investigates the consequent ecological disaster which erased coffee from the island. Using this fascinating case study by way of illustration, In the Shadows of the Tropics reveals the spatial unevenness and fragmentation of modernity through a focus on modern governmentality and biopower. It argues that the practices of colonial power, and the differences that race and tropical climates were thought to make, were central to the working out of modern governmental rati…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-317-11772-8
- EAN: 9781317117728
- Produktnummer: 20175949
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 228 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'595 KB
Über den Autor
James S. Duncan is Reader in Cultural Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK, and is Fellow of Emmanuel College, UK.
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