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. This fascinating case study reveals the spatial fragmentation of modernity through a focus on modern governmentality and biop...

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1. Verfasser: Duncan, James S.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot : Ashgate, ©2007.
Schriftenreihe:Re-materialising cultural geography.
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Zusammenfassung: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 biopower, and offers a welcome non-state dimension to current work on studies of governmentality in geography.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.
ISBN:0754685985
9780754685982

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