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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Main Author Duncan, James S.
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 2007
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Ashgate
Edition1
SeriesRe-materialising cultural geography
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Summary: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.
ISBN:9781138262416
0754672263
9780754672265
1138262412
DOI:10.4324/9781315588209