Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies: Corruption in Burma c.1900

Saha, J.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-02-04

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230358270

DOI: 10.1057/9781137306999

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 166