Planting Empire Cultivating Subjects British Malaya 1786

Description: Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects: British Malaya, 1786–1941Lynn Hollen Lees Cambridge University Press Hardcover Unused and unread, cosmetic imperfections such as scuffs, creases or knocks. Stamped 'damaged' by publisher to a non-text page. EAN: 9781107038400 Published: 21/12/2017 Language: English Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects examines the stories of ordinary people to explore the internal workings of colonial rule. Chinese, Indians, and Malays learned about being British through the plantations, towns, schools, and newspapers of a modernizing colony. Yet they got mixed messages from the harsh, racial hierarchies of sugar and rubber estates, and cosmopolitan urban societies. Empire meant mobility, fluidity, and hybridity, as well as the enactment of racial privilege and rigid ethnic differences. Using sources ranging from administrative files, court transcripts and oral interviews to periodicals and material culture, Professor Lees explores the nature and development of colonial governance, and the ways in which Malayan residents experienced British rule in towns and plantations. This is an innovative study demonstrating how empire brought with it both oppression and economic opportunity, shedding new light on the shifting nature of colonial subjecthood and identity, as well as the memory and afterlife of empire. Introduction Part I. Nineteenth-Century Foundations 1. The birth of plantation colonialism 2. Body politics in a plural society 3. New towns on the Malayan frontier 4. Urban civil society Part II. The Early Twentieth Century 5. Rubber reconstructs Malaya 6. Cosmopolitan modernism in Malayan towns 7. Managing Malayan towns 8. Multiple allegiances in a cosmopolitan colony 9. Epilogue remembering empire 10. Bibliography. DispatchIn stock here - same-day dispatch from England. My SKU: 3287812RefundsNo-hassle refunds are always available if your book is not as expected.Terms and Conditions of SaleSorry - no collections. All sales are subject to extended Terms and Conditions of Sale as well as the Return Policy and Payment Instructions. Visit my eBay Store for details andmany more books. Template layout and design, "JNC Academic Books", "needbooks", Copyright © JNC INC. Designated trademarks, layouts and brands are the property of their respective owners. All Rights Reserved.

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