Law, Disorder and the Colonial State: Corruption in Burma c.1900

By Jonathan Saha

Book Overview

In this original study British rule in Burma is examined through quotidian acts of corruption. Saha outlines a novel way to study the colonial state as it was experienced in everyday life, revealing a complex world of state practices where legality and illegality were inseparable: the informal world upon which formal colonial power rested.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230358276
• ISBN13: 9780230358270
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"