Law, disorder and the colonial state: corruption in Burma c.1900 /
Jonathan Saha, Lecturer in Modern History,University of Bristol
- New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- x,166 p.; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references ( pages 133-161).
1 Making Misconduct Constructing an economy of discipline The arithmetic of punishment Clerical staff Myo-oks or miniature monarchs European subordinate officials Misconduct in delta 2 The Career of Inspector Pakiri State power and subordinate officials of all the queer police of this queer country Inspector Pakiri Players in a theatre state 3 Whiter than White Anti-corruption and British authority Deputy commissioners as bureaucratic despots 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
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Colonial administrators--History--Burma Colonial administrators--History--Great Britain Misconduct in office--History--Burma Corruption--History--Burma British--History--Burma
Burma--History Great Britain--Colonies--Administration.--Asia