Empire and information : intelligence gathering and social communication in India, 1780-1870 / / C.A. Bayly [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Bayly C. A (Christopher Alan) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 412 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 327.124/054/09034 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in Indian history and society |
Soggetto topico |
Intelligence service - India - History
Communication - Social aspects - India - History |
ISBN |
0-511-58328-1
0-511-00203-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; 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'. |
Altri titoli varianti | Empire & Information |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248225603316 |
Bayly C. A (Christopher Alan) | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Indian society and the making of the British Empire / / C.A. Bayly [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Bayly C. A (Christopher Alan) |
Edizione | [1st pbk. ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1988 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 230 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 954.03 |
Collana |
The new Cambridge history of India
New Cambridge history of India |
ISBN |
0-511-09692-5
1-139-05350-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- India in the Eighteenth Century: the formation of states and social groups -- Indian capitalism and the emergence of colonial society -- The crisis of the Indian state, 1780-1820 -- The consolidation and failure of the East India Company's state, 1818-57 -- Peasant and Brahmin: consolidating 'traditional' society -- Rebellion and reconstruction -- Conclusion: The first aage of colonialism in India -- Glossary of Indian terms. |
Altri titoli varianti | Indian Society & the Making of the British Empire |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996247956303316 |
Bayly C. A (Christopher Alan) | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1988 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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