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

By:

Bayly, C. A. (Christopher Alan)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: New Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 1999 [reprinted 2007]Description: xiv, 412 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:

0521570859 (hardcover)
9788175960657

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DDC classification:

327.1241054 BAY

LOC classification:

JQ229.I6 B39 1997

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Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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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.

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