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_bSAH/L
100 1 _aSaha, Jonathan
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245 1 0 _aLaw, disorder and the colonial state: corruption in Burma c.1900 /
_c Jonathan Saha, Lecturer in Modern History,University of Bristol
260 _aNew York:
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2013.
300 _ax,166 p.;
_c22 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references ( pages 133-161).
505 _a1 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
650 0 _aColonial administrators
_zBurma
_xHistory
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650 0 _aColonial administrators
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
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650 0 _aMisconduct in office
_zBurma
_xHistory
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650 0 _aCorruption
_zBurma
_xHistory
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650 0 _aBritish
_zBurma
_xHistory
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651 0 _aBurma
_xHistory
_920602
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xColonies
_zAsia
_xAdministration.
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