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Author Lowrie, Claire, author

Title Masters and servants : cultures of empire in the Tropics / Claire Lowrie
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 213 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Studies in imperialism
Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-205) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Household employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Household employees -- Singapore -- History -- 19th century
Household employees -- Australia -- Darwin (N.T.) -- History -- 19th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
British colonies
Household employees
Social conditions
Kolonie
Sklaverei
Herrschaft
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007183
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056657
Singapore -- History -- 19th century
Darwin (N.T.) -- History -- 19th century
Subject Asia
Great Britain
Northern Territory -- Darwin
Singapore
Singapur
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781784997496
1784997498
9781526109651
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9781784997939
1784997935