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Mapping Empire Geographical Construction of British India 1765 - 1843 M H Edney
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9780226184883
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226184889
ISBN-13
9780226184883
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43441917
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Publication Name
Mapping an Empire : the Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Subject
Technology & Engineering, Reference, Business & Economics, History, Cartography, Asia / India & South Asia, Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (See Also Travel / Maps & Road Atlases), Corporate & Business History
Type
Map
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
23.8 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
96-039703
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
954/.031
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations and Maps List of Tables Preface Note on East India Company Coinage Places Mentioned in the Text: Southern India and Northern India Chronology of Events and the Expansion of the East India Company Ch. 1: The Ideologies and Practices of Mapping and Imperialism Ch. 2: Observation and Representation Ch. 3: Surveying and Mapmaking Ch. 4: Structural Constraints of the East India Company's Administration Ch. 5: Cartographic Anarchy and System in Madras, 1790-1810 Ch. 6: Institutions for Mapping All of British India, 1814-23 Ch. 7: Triangulation, the Cartographic Panacea, 1825-32 Ch. 8: The Final Compromise: Triangulation and Archive, 1831-43 Ch. 9: Scientific Practice: Incorporating the Rationality of Empire Ch. 10: Cartographic Practice: Inscribing an Imperial Space Biographical Notes Notes Unpublished Primary Sources, by Archive Published Primary Sources Secondary Sources Relating to the British Surveys in India Principal Secondary Sources Index
Synopsis
In this fascinating history of the British surveys of India, Matthew H. Edney relates how imperial Britain used modern survey techniques to not only create and define the spatial image of its Empire, but also to legitimate its colonialist activities. "There is much to be praised in this book. It is an excellent history of how India came to be painted red in the nineteenth century. But more importantly, Mapping an Empire sets a new standard for books that examine a fundamental problem in the history of European imperialism."--D. Graham Burnett, Times Literary Supplement " Mapping an Empire is undoubtedly a major contribution to the rapidly growing literature on science and empire, and a work which deserves to stimulate a great deal of fresh thinking and informed research."--David Arnold, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History "This case study offers broadly applicable insights into the relationship between ideology, technology and politics. . . . Carefully read, this is a tale of irony about wishful thinking and the limits of knowledge."-- Publishers Weekly, In this fascinating history of the British surveys of India, Matthew H. Edney relates how imperial Britain used modern survey techniques to not only create and define the spatial image of its Empire, but also to legitimate its colonialist activities. "There is much to be praised in this book. It is an excellent history of how India came to be painted red in the nineteenth century. But more importantly, Mapping an Empire sets a new standard for books that examine a fundamental problem in the history of European imperialism."-D. Graham Burnett, Times Literary Supplement " Mapping an Empire is undoubtedly a major contribution to the rapidly growing literature on science and empire, and a work which deserves to stimulate a great deal of fresh thinking and informed research."-David Arnold, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History "This case study offers broadly applicable insights into the relationship between ideology, technology and politics. . . . Carefully read, this is a tale of irony about wishful thinking and the limits of knowledge."- Publishers Weekly
LC Classification Number
GA1131.E36 1997
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