Imperial Creatures: Humans and Other Animals in Colonial Singapore, 1819-1942

by Timothy P. Barnard

One of the areas of fastest-growing interest in the humanities and social sciences in recent years has been the history of animals. Imperial Creatures fills a gap in that field by looking across species at animals in a urban colonial setting. If imperialism is a series of power relationships, Timothy P. Barnard argues, then it necessarily involves not only the subjugation of human communities, but also of animals. What was the relationship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9813250879
• ISBN13: 9789813250871
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: National University of Singapore Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"