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.

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

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;