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Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World.
"Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World presents a new interpretation of the development of the English East India Company between 1660 and 1720. The book explores the connections between scholarship, patronage, diplomacy, trade, and colonial settlement in the early modern world...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK,
2015.
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| Colección: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on Transcription and Transliteration; Introduction: Patronage and the Politics of Knowledge; 1 Curious Collectors and Infamous Interlopers: Samuel Baron and the EIC Settlements in Southeast and East Asia; 2 Linguistic Landscapes: Early English Studies of Malay and the EIC in Maritime Southeast Asia; 3 Toleration and Translation: English Versions of Two Hindu Texts from Bengal; 4 Botanical and Medical Networks: Madras through the Collections of Two EIC Surgeons.
- 5 Bio-Prospecting and Experimentation: Producing and Using An Historical Relation of Ceylon6 Transportation and Transplantation: Slave Knowledge and Company Plantations; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.