- Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 213 pages) : illustrations, map.
- Series Statement
- Studies in imperialism
- Uniform Title
- Masters and servants (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Masters and servants (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-205) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2016429673
- OCLC
- ssj0001731009
- Author
Lowrie, Claire.
- Title
Masters and servants [electronic resource] : cultures of empire in the Tropics / Claire Lowrie.
- Imprint
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
- Series
Studies in imperialism
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-205) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
1800-1899