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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Farish A. Noor (Farish Ahmad Noor), 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • A Note on Spelling
  • Introduction
  • 1. Caught in the Eye of Empire
  • 2. Deadly Testimonies
  • 3. Fairy Tales and Nightmares
  • 4. The Needle of Empire
  • 5. The Panopticon in the Indies
  • Appendix A. Proclamation of Lord Minto, Governor-General of British India, at Molenvliet, Java, 11 September 1811
  • Appendix B .Proclamation of Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-General of Java, At Batavia, Java, 15 October 1813
  • Appendix C. The Treaty of Peace Concluded at Yandabo
  • Appendix D. The Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Her Majesty and the Sultan of Borneo (Brunei). Signed, in the English and Malay Languages, 27 May 1847
  • Appendix E. The Racial Census employed in British Malaya from 1871 to 1931
  • Timeline of Events and Developments in Southeast Asia 1800-1900
  • Bibliography
  • Index