Data-gathering in colonial Southeast Asia 1800-1900 : framing the other / Farish A. Noor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farish A. Noor (Farish Ahmad Noor), 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonies--Asia.

Colonies.

Administration.

History.

Colonial influence.

Asia.

Southeast Asia--Colonial influence.

Southeast Asia.

Imperialism--History--19th century.

Imperialism.

Great Britain--Colonies--Southeast Asia--Administration--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

265 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9463724419

9789463724418

OCLC:

1112894715