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Reading the global : troubling perspectives on Britain's empire in Asia
- Title
- Reading the global : troubling perspectives on Britain's empire in Asia / Sanjay Krishnan.
- Author
- Krishnan, Sanjay.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
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- Description
- 242 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- 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
- English literature > History and criticism
- Globalization in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Capitalism in literature
- Great Britain > Colonies > History > Asia > 19th century
- Asia > In literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-229) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-6406
- ISBN
- 9780231140706 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- 0231140703 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2007000289
- OCLC
- 77767000
- Author
- Krishnan, Sanjay.
- Title
- Reading the global : troubling perspectives on Britain's empire in Asia / Sanjay Krishnan.
- Imprint
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-229) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-6406