Empire and information : intelligence gathering and social communication in India, 1780-1870 /

In a penetrating account of the evolution of British intelligence gathering in India, C.A. Bayly shows how networks of Indian spies were recruited by the British to secure military, political and social information about their subjects. He also examines the social and intellectual origins of these &...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bayly, C. A. (Christopher Alan)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Colección:Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 1.
Temas:
1765-1947
Intelligence service > India > History.
Communication > Social aspects > India > History.
Service des renseignements > Inde > Histoire.
TRUE CRIME > Espionage.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Intelligence.
Communication > Social aspects.
Intelligence service.
Politics and government
India > Politics and government > 1765-1947.
Inde > Politique et gouvernement > 1765-1947.
India.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Prologue: surveillance and communication in early modern India
  • 2. Political intelligence and indigenous informants during the conquest of India, c. 1785-1815
  • 3. Misinformation and failure on the fringes of empire
  • 4. Between human intelligence and colonial knowledge
  • 5. Indian ecumene: an indigenous public sphere
  • 6. Useful knowledge and godly society, c. 1830-50
  • 7. Colonial controversies: astronomers and physicians
  • 8. Colonial controversies: language and land
  • 9. information order, the Rebellion of 1857-9 and pacification
  • 10. Epilogue: information, surveillance and the public arena after the Rebellion
  • Conclusion: 'Knowing the country'.

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