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Law, disorder and the colonial state = corruption in Burma c.1900 /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Law, disorder and the colonial state/ by Jonathan Saha.
Reminder of title:	corruption in Burma c.1900 /
Author:	Saha, Jonathan,
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2013.,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 166 p.)
Subject:	Colonial administrators - History - 20th century. - Burma -
Subject:	Burma - Politics and government - 1962-1988. -
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9781137306999 (electronic bk.)

Law, disorder and the colonial state = corruption in Burma c.1900 /
Saha, Jonathan,1984-

Law, disorder and the colonial statecorruption in Burma c.1900 /[electronic resource] :by Jonathan Saha. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2013. - 1 online resource (x, 166 p.) - Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series. - Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Making Misconduct -- 2. The Career of Inspector Pakiri -- 3. Whiter than White -- 4. The Male State -- Conclusion.

The state in colonial Burma was not an easy entity to negotiate at the turn of the twentieth century. Policemen framed innocents for crimes they themselves had committed. Magistrates solicited bribes in exchange for acquittals in court. Forestry officials produced false documents. Clerks embezzled government funds. These were mundane and everyday acts. Using previously unexplored archival sources, the daily reality of living under the Raj in this neglected corner of British India is reconstructed. Through the fascinating cases of misconduct uncovered in these documents this book argues that corruption was intrinsic to the making of the colonial legal order. Subordinate officials' daily abuses of power, and British tolerance of these abuses, served to reinforce racial divisions and enact the state as a masculine entity.

ISBN: 9781137306999 (electronic bk.)

Source: 540767Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Burma
--Politics and government--1962-1988.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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LC Class. No.: DS530 / .S25 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 959.1/04

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