{"product_id":"masters-and-servants-cultures-of-empire-in-the-tropics-140-studies-in-imperialism-9780719095337","title":"Masters and Servants Cultures of Empire in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrates the centrality of domestic politics to colonial rule and the ways in which mastery over servants was a key expression of colonial power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Based on her PhD thesis, the author draws on a very wide array of sources to explore a subject seldom found in official documentation to paint a vivid picture of class, race and gender relations amongst both male and female masters and their domestic servants.’\u003cbr\u003eMichael Quinlan, University of New South Wales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Lowrie has brought to light a fascinating, hitherto neglected aspect of the ‘cultures of empire in the tropics’, as her subtitle puts it. Her study iscrisply written, carefully researched, and clearly argued.’\u003cbr\u003eDaneKennedy, George Washington University, Australian  Historical Studies, 48,2017\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Domestic service and colonial mastery in the tropics            \u003cbr\u003e1. A 'second Singapore'? The connected histories of Darwin and Singapore, 1860s-1930s\u003cbr\u003e2. Historicising 'houseboys': cultures of male servitude in the tropics, 1880s-1910s\u003cbr\u003e3. White masters and their Chinese 'houseboys': masculinity, sexuality and racial anxiety in the home, 1880s-1930s\u003cbr\u003e4. White women and the case of the disappearing Chinese 'houseboys', 1910s-30s\u003cbr\u003e5. Idle mems, weary wives and 'red hot revolutionaries': domestic tension and political antagonism in the home, 1910s-30s\u003cbr\u003e6. Masters and colonisers: the politics of Chinese domestic mastery, 1920s-30s\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Domestic service at the end of empire\u003cbr\u003eSelect bibliography of secondary sources\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884291633495,"sku":"9780719095337","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/masters-and-servants-cultures-of-empire-in-the-tropics-140-studies-in-imperialism-9780719095337","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}