Masters and Servants: Cultures of Empire in the Tropics

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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 book illustrates the centrality of the domestic realm to the colonial project. It is the f

Claire Lowrie is Lecturer in History at the University of Wollongong, Australia -- .

'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.' Michael Quinlan, University of New South Wales '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.' DaneKennedy, George Washington University, Australian Historical Studies, 48,2017 -- .