Law, Disorder and the Colonial State [electronic resource] : Corruption in Burma c.1900 /
Saha, J.author.
In this original study British rule in Burma is examined through quotidian acts of corruption. Saha outlines a novel way to study the colonial state as it was experienced in everyday life, revealing a complex world of state practices where legality and illegality were inseparable: the informal world upon which formal colonial power rested.
The plot within the plot'Native' quarrels and white rule; 4 The Male State; Gendered subjects, gendered state; Women in Burma (and their henpecked husbands); Compromising situations; Misconduct and gendered violence; The fashioning of the male state; Conclusion; Corruption and the making of the modern state; Notes; Index
Includes index.
In this original study British rule in Burma is examined through quotidian acts of corruption. Saha outlines a novel way to study the colonial state as it was experienced in everyday life, revealing a complex world of state practices where legality and illegality were inseparable: the informal world upon which formal colonial power rested.
Great Britain—History.
Asia—History.
Imperialism.
History, Modern.
World politics.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Asian History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Modern History.
History of South Asia.
Political History.