Anti-imperialism in the 19th century : a contemporary critique of the British invasion of Java in 1811

• Main Author: Farish A. Noor
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79506; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24304
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Postcolonial historians in Southeast Asia have sometimes described the colonial encounters of the past in dislectical terms, lending the impression that Western colonial intervention in Asia received widespread support back in Europe. This paper looks at one of the most vocal critiques of the Britis...