Imperial Creatures – Humans and Other Animals in Colonial Singapore, 1819–1942

Imperial Creatures: Humans and Other Animals in Colonial Singapore, 1819-1942\nby Timothy P. Barnard\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Timothy P. Barnard\nTitle: Imperial Creatures: Humans and Other Animals in Colonial Singapore, 1819-1942\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Colonialism and imperialism\nPublisher: NUS Press\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9789813250871\nISBN-10: 9813250879\nRRP: \u00A328.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe environmental turn in the humanities and social sciences has meant a new focus on the history of animals. This is one of the first books to look across species at animals in a colonial, urban society. If imperialism is a series of power relationships, it involves not only the subjugation of human communities but also animals. What was th.