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.
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.
Farish A. Noor is Professor of Political History at the Faculty of Social Science FOSS, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia UIII. His work has focused on 19th century colonial Southeast Asia, looking at the modalities of racialised colonial-capitalism in the region. His recent works include Peta dan Kekuasaan (Mapping and Power, Lestari Hikmah, 2025), Data-Collecting in 19th Century Colonial Southeast Asia (Amsterdam University Press, 2020) and America's Encounters with Southeast Asia 1800-1900 (Amsterdam University Press, 2018).
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A note on spelling Introduction Chapter 1: Caught in the Eye of Empire Chapter 2: Deadly Testimonies Chapter 3: Fairy Tales and Nightmares Chapter 4: The Needle of Empire Chapter 5: 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
A note on spelling Introduction Chapter 1: Caught in the Eye of Empire Chapter 2: Deadly Testimonies Chapter 3: Fairy Tales and Nightmares Chapter 4: The Needle of Empire Chapter 5: 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
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