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ISBN:
9780511583285
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in Indian history and society 1
Content:
In a penetrating account of the evolution of British intelligence gathering in India, C. A. Bayly shows how networks of Indian spies were recruited by the British to secure military, political and social information about their subjects. He also examines the social and intellectual origins of these 'native informants', and considers how the colonial authorities interpreted and often misinterpreted the information they supplied. It was such misunderstandings which ultimately contributed to the failure of the British to anticipate the rebellions of 1857. The author argues, however, that even before this, complex systems of debate and communication were challenging the political and intellectual dominance of the European rulers
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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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. 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. information order, the Rebellion of 1857-9 and pacification -- 10. Epilogue: information, surveillance and the public arena after the Rebellion -- Conclusion: 'Knowing the country'.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521570855
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521663601
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bayly, Christopher Alan, 1945 - 2015 Empire and information Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996 ISBN 0521663601
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521570855
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521663601
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521570859
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Kolonialismus
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Indien
;
Kommunikation
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Geschichte 1780-1870
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511583285
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Author information:
Bayly, Christopher Alan 1945-2015
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