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

[NT 42944] Record Type:	[NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
[NT 47348] Title Information:	corruption in Burma c.1900
[NT 47261] Author:	SahaJonathan, 1984-
[NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
[NT 47351] Place of Publication:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York
[NT 47263] Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
[NT 47352] Year of Publication:	2013
[NT 47264] Description:	1 online resource (x, 166 p.)
[NT 47298] Series:	Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Subject:	Colonial administrators - History - Burma - 20th century. -
Subject:	Colonial administrators - History - Great Britain - 20th century. -
Subject:	Misconduct in office - History - Burma - 20th century. -
Subject:	Corruption - History - Burma - 20th century. -
Subject:	British - History - Burma - 20th century. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137306999An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
Notes:	Description based on print version record.
Summary:	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:	9781137306999electronic bk.
ISBN:	1137306998electronic bk.
Content Note:	Preface Introduction 1. Making Misconduct 2. The Career of Inspector Pakiri 3. Whiter than White 4. The Male State Conclusion.

Law, disorder and the colonial state : corruption in Burma c.1900
Saha, Jonathan

Law, disorder and the colonial state : corruption in Burma c.1900 / by Jonathan Saha. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - 1 online resource (x, 166 p.). - (Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series).
Preface.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references and index..
ISBN 9781137306999ISBN 1137306998
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