| Empire and Information: Intelligence Gathering and Social Communication in India, 1780 1870 Contributor(s): Bayly, Christopher Alan (Author), C. a., Bayly (Author), Bayly, C. a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521663601 ISBN-13: 9780521663601 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: In a penetrating account of the evolution of British intelligence gathering in India, C. A. Bayly shows how networks of Indian spies, runners and political secretaries were recruited by the British to secure information about their subjects. He also examines the social and intellectual origins of these informants, and considers how the colonial authorities interpreted and often misinterpreted the information they supplied. As Professor Bayly demonstrates, it was such misunderstandings which ultimately contributed to the failure of the British to anticipate the mutinies of 1857. He argues, however, that, even before this, India's complex systems of communication were challenging the political and intellectual dominance of the European rulers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 327.124 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.32" W x 9.14" (1.46 lbs) 428 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Indian |