<p>Textual Empires explores the tension that existed between the ideals of freedom and the realities of colonialism in nineteenth-century Southeast Asia. In a sweeping analysis that ranges from racial theory to the sexual biases of the anti-slavery movement, from cannibalism to the social contract, this book examines the assumptions and influences that constituted Western perceptions of Southeast Asia.</p>

Textual Empires: A Reading of Early British Histories of Southeast Asia

History

Quilty, Mary

Asia

Monash Asia Inst

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Textual Empires: A Reading of Early British Histories of Southeast Asia