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

Title: Data-gathering in colonial Southeast Asia 1800-1900 : framing the other / Farish A. Noor.
Author: Farish A. Noor (Farish Ahmad Noor), 1967-
Publication: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]

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Description

265 pages; 25 cm

Summary

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. This work 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.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

9463724419
9789463724418

OCLC

on1112894715
1112894715
SCSB-9706607

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library