TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bayly,C.A.
TI  - Empire and information: intelligence gathering and social communication in India, 1780-1870 
T2  - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society
SN  - 0521570859 (hardcover)
AV  - JQ229.I6 B39 1997
U1  - 327.1241054 
PY  - 1999/// [reprinted 2007]
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Intelligence service
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - Communication
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1765-1947
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-400) and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam027/96013146.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam022/96013146.html
ER  -