Masters and servants : cultures of empire in the Tropics /
'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 central...
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| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of 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.
