Reading the global : troubling perspectives on Britain's empire in Asia /
Krishnan, Sanjay.
New York : Columbia University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-229) and index.
Introduction: How to read the global -- Adam Smith and the claims of subsistence -- Opium confessions : narcotic, commodity, and the Malay Amuk -- Native agent : Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir's global perspective -- Animality and the global subject in Conrad's Lord Jim.
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
Abdullah, Munshi, 1796-1854
English literature
Globalization in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Capitalism in literature.