| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 213 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in imperialism
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Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-205) and index. |
| Summary |
'Masters and Servants' explores the politics of colonial mastery and domestic servitude in the neighbouring British colonies of Singapore and Darwin. Through an exploration of master-servant relationships within British, white Australian and Chinese homes, this text illustrates the centrality of the domestic realm to the colonial project. It is a comparative history of domestic service and British colonialism in the tropics, and highlights the important role which 'houseboys' played in colonial households in the tropics and the common preference for Chinese 'houseboys' throughout Southeast Asia. |
| Contents |
Introduction: domestic service and colonial mastery in the tropics -- A 'second Singapore'? The connected histories of Darwin and Singapore, 1860s-1930s -- Historicising 'houseboys': cultures of male servitude in the tropics, 1880s-1910s -- White masters and their Chinese 'houseboys': masculinity, sexuality and racial anxiety in the home, 1880s-1930s -- White women and the decline of Chinese 'houseboys', 1910s-1930s -- Idle mems, weary wives and 'red hot revolutionaries': domestic tension and political antagonism in the home, 1910s-1930s -- Masters and colonisers: the politics of Chinese domestic mastery, 1920s-1930s -- Conclusion: domestic service at the end of the Empire. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Household employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Household employees. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Household employees -- Singapore -- History -- 19th century.
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Singapore. |
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Household employees -- Australia -- Darwin (N.T.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Australia. |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia.
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Colonies. |
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Asia. |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Singapore -- History -- 19th century.
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Darwin (N.T.) -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lowrie, Claire. Masters and servants. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016 0719095336 (OCoLC)930758423 |
| ISBN |
9781784997496 (electronic book) |
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1784997498 (electronic book) |
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9781526109651 |
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1526109654 |
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0719095336 |
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9780719095337 |
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