Document Type
Contribution to Book
Language
eng
Format of Original
21 p.
Publication Date
2006
Publisher
Ohio State University Press
Source Publication
Interrogating Orientalism: Contextual Approaches and Pedagogical Practices
Source ISSN
0814210325
Original Item ID
Shelves: PR468.O74 I58 2006 Memorial Level 4 Reading Room
Abstract
In order to understand Orientalism it is necessary to realize, as Vincent T. Harlow has noted, that there were “two British empires.” The first empire consisted of the colonies in America and the West Indies and was established in the seventeenth century, with the explorations in the Pacific, and the trading networks that developed with Asia and Africa. The “second British empire” dates from 1783 and resulted from the loss of America, which in turn forced Britain to formulate new ideas about and approaches to its empire. The Colonial Office was set up in 1801, and, as Harlow observed, Britain experienced a “Swing to the East,” to India and the Asian colonies (Harlow, 2:1–11).
Recommended Citation
Hoeveler, Diane and Cass, Jeffrey, "Mapping Orientalism: Representations and Pedagogies" (2006). English Faculty Research and Publications. 71.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/english_fac/71
Comments
Published version. "Mapping Orientalism: Representations and Pedagogies," Interrogating Orientalism: Contextual Approaches and Pedagogical Practices. Eds. Diane Long Hoeveler and Jeffrey Cass. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 2006: 1-21. Publisher link. © 2006 Ohio State University Press. Used with permission