Examining the role of Asian and indigenous male servants across the Asia Pacific from the late-19th century to the 1930s, this study shows how their ubiquitous presence in these purportedly 'humble' jobs gave them a degree of cultural influence that has been largely overlooked in the liter...

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Hauptverfasser:	Martínez, Julia (VerfasserIn), Lowrie, Claire (VerfasserIn), Steel, Frances (VerfasserIn), Haskins, Victoria K. 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Bloomsbury Academic 2018
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1880-1939 Diener Asiaten Pazifischer Raum Gender identity / Asia Household employees / Asia / History Imperialism
Zusammenfassung:	Examining the role of Asian and indigenous male servants across the Asia Pacific from the late-19th century to the 1930s, this study shows how their ubiquitous presence in these purportedly 'humble' jobs gave them a degree of cultural influence that has been largely overlooked in the literature on labour mobility in the age of empire. With case studies from British Hong Kong, Singapore, Northern Australia, Fiji and British Columbia, French Indochina, the American Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the book delves into the intimate and often conflicted relationships between European and American colonists and their servants. It explores the lives of 'houseboys', cooks and gardeners in the colonial home, considers the bell-boys and waiters in the grand colonial hotels, and follows the stewards and cabin-boys on steamships travelling across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This broad conception of service allows Colonialism and Male Domestic Service to illuminate trans-colonial or cross-border influences through the mobility of servants and their employers. This path-breaking study is an important book for students and scholars of colonialism, labour history and the Asia Pacific region
Beschreibung:	280 Seiten Illustrationen, 1 Karte 24 cm
ISBN:	9781350056725 9781350163607