Hidden Hands and Divided Landscapes: A Penal History of Singapore's Plural Society - Writing Past Colonialism - Anoma Pieris - Books - University of Hawai'i Press - 9780824833541 - February 26, 2009
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Hidden Hands and Divided Landscapes: A Penal History of Singapore's Plural Society - Writing Past Colonialism


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Investigates how a political system aimed at managing ethnic communities in the larger material context of the colonial urban project was first imagined and tested through the physical segregation of the colonial prison. This book demonstrates the way in which racial politics were inscribed spatially in the division of penal facilities.


416 pages, 30 illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 26, 2009
ISBN13 9780824833541
Publishers University of Hawai'i Press
Pages 416
Dimensions 152 × 223 × 25 mm   ·   589 g

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