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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lynn Hollen Lees (University of Pennsylvania)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.750kg ISBN: 9781108732086ISBN 10: 1108732089 Pages: 377 Publication Date: 11 July 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'Originally conceived as two separate manuscripts, Lees' monograph uses Ho Enseng's earlier notion of empires as hybrid spaces as a launching point to compare rural and urban lifeworlds under colonialism. Employing British Malaya as a case study to interrogate the 'internal workings' of colonial power, the author convincingly demonstrates that relationships between rulers and the ruled were as complex as they were conflicted. … The questions she asks will interest social historians working on imperialism, urbanization, migration, labour, and commodity production: questions regarding the extent to which colonialism nurtured social mobility, cross-cultural learning, and new belongings within diasporas.' Geoffrey K. Pakiam, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 'Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects is a rich and valuable history of colonial Malaya.' Sanjay Krishnan, Victorian Studies 'Lees's Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects is a rich and valuable contribution to the historiography of British colonization in Southeast Asia … This monograph is a must-read for scholars interested in British colonial rule in Southeast Asia and the nature of British subjecthood.' Raymond Hyser, H-Environment 'Originally conceived as two separate manuscripts, Lees' monograph uses Ho Enseng's earlier notion of empires as hybrid spaces as a launching point to compare rural and urban lifeworlds under colonialism. Employing British Malaya as a case study to interrogate the 'internal workings' of colonial power, the author convincingly demonstrates that relationships between rulers and the ruled were as complex as they were conflicted. ... The questions she asks will interest social historians working on imperialism, urbanization, migration, labour, and commodity production: questions regarding the extent to which colonialism nurtured social mobility, cross-cultural learning, and new belongings within diasporas.' Geoffrey K. Pakiam, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 'Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects is a rich and valuable history of colonial Malaya.' Sanjay Krishnan, Victorian Studies 'Lees's Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects is a rich and valuable contribution to the historiography of British colonization in Southeast Asia ... This monograph is a must-read for scholars interested in British colonial rule in Southeast Asia and the nature of British subjecthood.' Raymond Hyser, H-Environment 'Originally conceived as two separate manuscripts, Lees' monograph uses Ho Enseng's earlier notion of empires as hybrid spaces as a launching point to compare rural and urban lifeworlds under colonialism. Employing British Malaya as a case study to interrogate the 'internal workings' of colonial power, the author convincingly demonstrates that relationships between rulers and the ruled were as complex as they were conflicted. ... The questions she asks will interest social historians working on imperialism, urbanization, migration, labour, and commodity production: questions regarding the extent to which colonialism nurtured social mobility, cross-cultural learning, and new belongings within diasporas.' Geoffrey K. Pakiam, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 'Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects is a rich and valuable history of colonial Malaya.' Sanjay Krishnan, Victorian Studies 'Originally conceived as two separate manuscripts, Lees' monograph uses Ho Enseng's earlier notion of empires as hybrid spaces as a launching point to compare rural and urban lifeworlds under colonialism. Employing British Malaya as a case study to interrogate the 'internal workings' of colonial power, the author convincingly demonstrates that relationships between rulers and the ruled were as complex as they were conflicted. ... The questions she asks will interest social historians working on imperialism, urbanization, migration, labour, and commodity production: questions regarding the extent to which colonialism nurtured social mobility, cross-cultural learning, and new belongings within diasporas.' Geoffrey K. Pakiam, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 'Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects is a rich and valuable history of colonial Malaya.' Sanjay Krishnan, Victorian Studies 'Originally conceived as two separate manuscripts, Lees' monograph uses Ho Enseng's earlier notion of empires as hybrid spaces as a launching point to compare rural and urban lifeworlds under colonialism. Employing British Malaya as a case study to interrogate the 'internal workings' of colonial power, the author convincingly demonstrates that relationships between rulers and the ruled were as complex as they were conflicted. ... The questions she asks will interest social historians working on imperialism, urbanization, migration, labour, and commodity production: questions regarding the extent to which colonialism nurtured social mobility, cross-cultural learning, and new belongings within diasporas.' Geoffrey K. Pakiam, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 'Originally conceived as two separate manuscripts, Lees' monograph uses Ho Enseng's earlier notion of empires as hybrid spaces as a launching point to compare rural and urban lifeworlds under colonialism. Employing British Malaya as a case study to interrogate the 'internal workings' of colonial power, the author convincingly demonstrates that relationships between rulers and the ruled were as complex as they were conflicted. ... The questions she asks will interest social historians working on imperialism, urbanization, migration, labour, and commodity production: questions regarding the extent to which colonialism nurtured social mobility, cross-cultural learning, and new belongings within diasporas.' Geoffrey K. Pakiam, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 'Originally conceived as two separate manuscripts, Lees' monograph uses Ho Enseng's earlier notion of empires as hybrid spaces as a launching point to compare rural and urban lifeworlds under colonialism. Employing British Malaya as a case study to interrogate the 'internal workings' of colonial power, the author convincingly demonstrates that relationships between rulers and the ruled were as complex as they were conflicted. ... The questions she asks will interest social historians working on imperialism, urbanization, migration, labour, and commodity production: questions regarding the extent to which colonialism nurtured social mobility, cross-cultural learning, and new belongings within diasporas.' Geoffrey K. Pakiam, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 'Originally conceived as two separate manuscripts, Lees' monograph uses Ho Enseng's earlier notion of empires as hybrid spaces as a launching point to compare rural and urban lifeworlds under colonialism. Employing British Malaya as a case study to interrogate the `internal workings' of colonial power, the author convincingly demonstrates that relationships between rulers and the ruled were as complex as they were conflicted. ... The questions she asks will interest social historians working on imperialism, urbanization, migration, labour, and commodity production: questions regarding the extent to which colonialism nurtured social mobility, cross-cultural learning, and new belongings within diasporas.' Geoffrey K. Pakiam, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia Author InformationLynn Hollen Lees is co-director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research centers on European cities, their social organization, and their welfare institutions, with recent publications including Global Society: The World since 1900 (2013), with Pamela K. Crossley and John W. Servos. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Rotary Foundation. She has also spent time as an exchange professor at University College London, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and the University of Diponegoro in Indonesia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |