Race and British Colonialism in Southeast Asia, 1770-1870 - John Crawfurd and the Politics of Equality

Zusatztext "a serious contribution to the history and the historiography of empire and Southeast Asia"! Michael D. Barr! History Australia Informationen zum Autor Gareth Knapman is a researcher at the Australian National University. Klappentext This book explores colonial debates on race, liberalism, colonial expansion and equality in South-East Asia, focusing on the writings of John Crawfurd, one of the British Empire's leading racial theorists and colonial administrators in Asia. Zusammenfassung This book explores colonial debates on race, liberalism, colonial expansion and equality in South-East Asia, focusing on the writings of John Crawfurd, one of the British Empire’s leading racial theorists and colonial administrators in Asia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The East India Company’s Scottish Critic of Empire in Asia 2. Land, History and the Source of Civilisation 3. Searching for the Aboriginal Pre-History of the Savage 4. Race and the Natural History of the Savage 5. Singapore and Competing Visions of Colonialism 6. Protecting and Civilising Savages in Sarawak 7. Resisting Colonialism in Sarawak 8. Civilisation, the Savage and Equality Conclusion Appendix: Identifying John Crawfurd’s Writings in The Examiner

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• Authors: Gareth Knapman, Gareth (Australian National University Knapman, Knapman Gareth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2016
• EAN: 9781138211766
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21176-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Empires in Perspective; Empires in Perspective
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, South East Asia, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, General and world history, History and Archaeology