Data-gathering in colonial Southeast Asia 1800-1900 :: framing the other /

Empire-building did not only involve the use of excessive violence against native communities, but also required the gathering of data about the native Other. This is a book about books, which looks at the writings of Western colonial administrators, company-men and map-makers who wrote about Southe...

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1. Verfasser: Farish A. Noor (Farish Ahmad Noor), 1967-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
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Zusammenfassung:Empire-building did not only involve the use of excessive violence against native communities, but also required the gathering of data about the native Other. This is a book about books, which looks at the writings of Western colonial administrators, company-men and map-makers who wrote about Southeast Asia in the 19th century. In the course of their information-gathering they had also framed the people of Southeast Asia in a manner that gave rise to Orientalist racial stereotypes that would be used again and again. Data-Gathering in Colonial Southeast Asia 1800-1900: Framing the Other revisits the era of colonial data-collecting to demonstrate the workings of the imperial echo chamber, and how in the discourse of 19th century colonial-capitalism data was effectively weaponized to serve the interests of Empire.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9048544459
9789048544455

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