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  • RESISTING THE RULE OF LAW IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY CEYLON
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    RESISTING THE RULE OF LAW IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY CEYLON
    JAMES S. DUNCAN
    This book offers in-depth insights on the struggles implementing the rule of law in nineteenth century Ceylon, introduced into the colonies by the British as their “greatest gift.” The book argues that resistance can be understood as a form of negotiation to lessen oppressive colonial conditions, and that the cumulative impact caused continual adjustments to the criminal justic...

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  • IN THE SHADOWS OF THE TROPICS
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    IN THE SHADOWS OF THE TROPICS
    JAMES S. DUNCAN
    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 unevennes...

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  • THE POWER OF PLACE (RLE SOCIAL & CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY)
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    THE POWER OF PLACE (RLE SOCIAL & CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY)
    AGNEW, JOHN A. / DUNCAN, JAMES S
    Reflecting the revival of interest in a social theory that takes place and space seriously, this book focuses on geographical place in the practice of social science and history. There is significant interest among scholars from a range of disciplines in bringing together the geographical and sociological ‘imaginations’. The geographical imagination is a concrete and descriptiv...

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  • PLACE/CULTURE/REPRESENTATION
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    PLACE/CULTURE/REPRESENTATION
    JAMES S. DUNCAN
    Spatial and cultural analysis have recently found much common ground, focusing in particular on the nature of the city. Place/Culture/Representation brings together new and established voices involved in the reshaping of cultural geography. The authors argue that as we write our geographies we are not just representing some reality, we are creating meaning. Writing becomes as m...

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