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. This fascinating case study reveals the spatial fragmentation of modernity through a focus on modern governmentality and biopower, and offers a welcome non-state dimension to current work on studies of governmentality in geography.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Rise of a Plantation Economy; Chapter 3 Dark Thoughts: Reproducing Whiteness in the Tropics; Chapter 4 The Quest to Discipline Estate Labour; Chapter 5 The Medical Gaze and the Spaces of Biopower; Chapter 6 Visualizing Crime in the Coffee Districts; Chapter 7 Landscapes of Despair: The Last Years of Coffee; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

James S. Duncan is Reader in Cultural Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK, and is Fellow of Emmanuel College, UK.