Reading the Global: Troubling Perspectives on Britain's Empire in Asia 9780231511742
The global is an instituted perspective, not just an empirical process. Adopted initially by the British in order to mak
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Table of contents :
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. How to Read the Global
1. Adam Smith and the Claims of Subsistence
2. Opium Confessions: Narcotic, Commodity, and the Malay Amuk
3. Native Agent: Abdullah Munshi’s Global Perspective
4. Animality and the Global Subject in Conrad’s Lord Jim
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Copyright © 2007 Columbia University Press All rights reserved An earlier version of chapter 2 was published in Boundary 2 33, no. 2 (2006). An earlier version of chapter 4 was published in Novel: A Forum on Fiction 37, no. 3 (2004), copyright © NOVEL Corp. 2004. Reprinted with permission. Columbia University Press wishes to express its appreciation for assistance given by the University of Pennsylvania toward the cost of publishing this book. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Krishnan, Sanjay. Reading the global : troubling perspectives on Britain’s empire in Asia / Sanjay Krishnan p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-231-14070-6 (cloth : acid-free paper) — isbn 978-0-231-51174-2 (e-book) 1. English literature—History and criticism. 2. Globalization in literature. 3. Great Britain—Colonies—Asia—History—19th century. 4. Asia—In literature. 5. Imperialism in literature. 6. Capitalism in literature. 7. Smith, Adam, 1723–1790—Criticism and interpretation. 8. De Quincey, Thomas, 1785–1859—Criticism and interpretation. 9. Conrad, Joseph, 1857–1924—Criticism and interpretation. 10. Abdullah, Munshi, 1796–1854— Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. pr149.g54k75 2007 820.9'3552—dc22 2007000289 Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. This book is printed on paper with recycled content. Printed in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 book + jacke t de sign by v in dang
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