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Empire and information : intelligence gathering and social communication in India, 1780-1870 / C.A. Bayly.

By: Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.Description: xiv, 412 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521663601 Pbk
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.1241054 BAY
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Contents:
List of maps; Preface; Glossary; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Prologue: surveillance and communication in early modern India; 2. Political intelligence and indigenous informants during the conquest of India, c. 1785–1815; 3. Misinformation and failure on the fringes of empire; 4. Between human intelligence and colonial knowledge; 5. The Indian ecumene: an indigenous public sphere; 6. Useful knowledge and godly society, c. 1830–50; 7. Colonial controversies: astronomers and physicians; 8. Colonial controversies: language and land; 9. The information order, the Rebellion of 1857–9 and pacification; 10. Epilogue: information, surveillance and the public arena after the Rebellion; Conclusion: 'knowing the country'; Bibliography; Index.
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List of maps;
Preface;
Glossary;
List of abbreviations;
Introduction;
1. Prologue: surveillance and communication in early modern India;
2. Political intelligence and indigenous informants during the conquest of India, c. 1785–1815;
3. Misinformation and failure on the fringes of empire;
4. Between human intelligence and colonial knowledge;
5. The Indian ecumene: an indigenous public sphere;
6. Useful knowledge and godly society, c. 1830–50;
7. Colonial controversies: astronomers and physicians;
8. Colonial controversies: language and land;
9. The information order, the Rebellion of 1857–9 and pacification;
10. Epilogue: information, surveillance and the public arena after the Rebellion;
Conclusion: 'knowing the country';
Bibliography;
Index.