{"product_id":"colonialism-and-male-domestic-service-across-the-asia-pacific-paperback","title":"Colonialism and Male Domestic Service Across the Asia Pacific - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Martínez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClaire Lowrie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrances Steel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the role of Asian and indigenous male servants across the Asia Pacific from the late-19th century to the 1930s, this study shows how their ubiquitous presence in these purportedly 'humble' jobs gave them a degree of cultural influence that has been largely overlooked in the literature on labour mobility in the age of empire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith case studies from British Hong Kong, Singapore, Northern Australia, Fiji and British Columbia, French Indochina, the American Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the book delves into the intimate and often conflicted relationships between European and American colonists and their servants. It explores the lives of 'houseboys', cooks and gardeners in the colonial home, considers the bell-boys and waiters in the grand colonial hotels, and follows the stewards and cabin-boys on steamships travelling across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This broad conception of service allows \u003ci\u003eColonialism and Male Domestic Service\u003c\/i\u003e to illuminate trans-colonial or cross-border influences through the mobility of servants and their employers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis path-breaking study is an important book for students and scholars of colonialism, labour history and the Asia Pacific region.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartínez\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at University of Wollongong, Australia. She is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pearl Frontier: Indonesian Labor and Indigenous Encounters in Australia's Northern Trading Network \u003c\/i\u003e(2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClare Lowrie\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in history at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMasters and Servants: Cultures of the Empire in the Tropics \u003c\/i\u003e(2016). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Steel \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOceania under Steam: Sea Transport and the Cultures of Colonialism, c.1870-1914\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictoria Haskins\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and Director of the Purai Global Indigenous and Diaspora Research Studies Centre. She is the author \u003ci\u003eLiving with the Locals: Early Europeans' Experience of Indigenous Life \u003c\/i\u003e(2016) and \u003ci\u003eMatrons and Maids: Regulating Indian Domestic Service in Tucson, 1914-1934 \u003c\/i\u003e(2012).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51792561733920,"sku":"9781350163607","price":84.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a65d9bdb3b3a8c3f938e530b6762f1bd.webp?v=1780703859","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/colonialism-and-male-domestic-service-across-the-asia-pacific-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}