Unearthing the Past to Forge the Future : : Colin Mackenzie, the Early Colonial State, and the Comprehensive Survey of India / / Tobias Wolffhardt.
For much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the British East India Company consolidated its rule over India, evolving from a trading venture to a colonial administrative force. Yet its territorial gains far outpaced its understanding of the region and the people who lived there, and its des...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in British and Imperial History ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (356 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- A Note on the Text and Sources
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Scottish Experiences
- Chapter 2. Building an East Indian Career
- Chapter 3. On the Route: From Military Imperatives to the Tasks of Government
- Chapter 4. Mackenzie’s Survey
- Chapter 5. Mapping History, Producing Territory
- Chapter 6. Knowledge for the Future
- Chapter 7. The Past in the Present
- Chapter 8. The Surveyor General
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index