How Long to Read In the Shadows of the Tropics

How Long Does it Take to Read In the Shadows of the Tropics?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read In the Shadows of the Tropics by James S. Duncan

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this original work James Duncan explores the transformation of Ceylon during the mid-nineteenth century into one of the most important coffee growing regions of the world and investigates the consequent ecological disaster which erased coffee from the island. Using this fascinating case study by way of illustration, In the Shadows of the Tropics reveals the spatial unevenness and fragmentation of modernity through a focus on modern governmentality and biopower. It argues that the practices of colonial power, and the differences that race and tropical climates were thought to make, were central to the working out of modern governmental rationalities. In this context, the usefulness of Foucault's notions of biopower, discipline and governmentality are examined. The work contributes an important rural focus to current work on studies of governmentality in geography and offers a welcome non-state dimension by considering the role of the plantation economy and individual capitalists in the lives and deaths of labourers, the destabilization of subsistence farming and the aggressive re-territorialization of populations from India to Ceylon.

How long is In the Shadows of the Tropics?

In the Shadows of the Tropics by James S. Duncan is 228 pages long, and a total of 58,824 words.

This makes it 77% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read In the Shadows of the Tropics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 21 minutes to read In the Shadows of the Tropics aloud.

What Reading Level is In the Shadows of the Tropics?

In the Shadows of the Tropics is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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