Empire and information :
Bayly, C. A.
Empire and information : intelligence gathering and social communication in India, 1780-1870 / C.A. Bayly. - New Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 1999 [reprinted 2007] - xiv, 412 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 1 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-400) and index.
This book shows how networks of Indian spies were recruited by the British to secure military, political and social information about their subjects. The author 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.
0521570859 (hardcover) 9788175960657
96-013146
Intelligence service--History.--India
Communication--Social aspects--History.--India
India--Politics and government--1765-1947.
JQ229.I6 / B39 1997
327.1241054 / BAY
Empire and information : intelligence gathering and social communication in India, 1780-1870 / C.A. Bayly. - New Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 1999 [reprinted 2007] - xiv, 412 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 1 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-400) and index.
This book shows how networks of Indian spies were recruited by the British to secure military, political and social information about their subjects. The author 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.
0521570859 (hardcover) 9788175960657
96-013146
Intelligence service--History.--India
Communication--Social aspects--History.--India
India--Politics and government--1765-1947.
JQ229.I6 / B39 1997
327.1241054 / BAY