Reading the global : troubling perspectives on Britain's empire in Asia /

The global is an instituted perspective, not just an empirical process. Adopted initially by the British in order to make sense of their polyglot territorial empire, the global perspective served to make heterogeneous spaces and nonwhite subjects "legible," and in effect produced the regio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Krishnan, Sanjay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Smith, Adam, > 1723-1790 > Criticism and interpretation.
De Quincey, Thomas, > 1785-1859 > Criticism and interpretation.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Criticism and interpretation.
Abdullah, > Munshi, > 1796-1854 > Criticism and interpretation.
Abdullah, > Munshi, > 1796-1854.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924.
De Quincey, Thomas, > 1785-1859.
Smith, Adam, > 1723-1790.
1800-1899
English literature > History and criticism.
Globalization in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Capitalism in literature.
Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Mondialisation dans la littérature.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Capitalisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
British colonies.
English literature.
Literature.
Kolonialliteratur
Globalisierung > Motiv
Imperialismus > Motiv
Literatur
Great Britain > Colonies > Asia > History > 19th century.
Asia > In literature.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Asie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Asie > Dans la littérature.
Asia.
Südostasien <Motiv>
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: How to read the global
  • Adam Smith and the claims of subsistence
  • Opium confessions : narcotic, commodity, and the Malay Amuk
  • Native agent : Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir's global perspective
  • Animality and the global subject in Conrad's Lord Jim.

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