Cover; Contents; List of Maps and Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of Terms; 1 Introduction; 2 The Rise of a Plantation Economy; 3 Dark Thoughts: Reproducing Whiteness in the Tropics; 4 The Quest to Discipline Estate Labour; 5 The Medical Gaze and the Spaces of Biopower; 6 Visualizing Crime in the Coffee Districts; 7 Landscapes of Despair: The Last Years of Coffee; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index
