The Orient was imagined as agricultural space for cultivation and plunder

Evidence

From such theses as this came the commonly held view of the Orient as a geographical space to be cultivated, harvested, and guarded. The images of agricultural care for and those of frank sexual attention to the Orient proliferated accordingly. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 547

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 547
• XREF: connects to: Imperial theses produced the Orient as a space to be cultivated and possessed; Buying Orientalist commodities was a way of possessing the Orient — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 421; European knowledge of the Orient shifted from textual contemplation to administrative and military appropriation — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 522 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Imperial theses produced the Orient as a space to be cultivated and possessed; Buying Orientalist commodities was a way of possessing the Orient — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 421; European knowledge of the Orient shifted from textual contemplation to administrative and military appropriation — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 522 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Imperial theses produced the Orient as a space to be cultivated and possessed #corroborates (0.95)