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Empire and Information

Paperback • 2000 • English

Empire and Information

By C. A. Bayly

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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 ‘native informants’, and considers how the colonial authorities interpreted and often misinterpreted the information they supplied. It was such misunderstandings which ultimately contributed to the fa...Show more

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9780521663601

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Empire and Information

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Paperback

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