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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN	9781316507735
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	327.124/054/09034 B344 E
Item number	102057
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Bayly C A
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Empire and Information :
Remainder of title	intelligence gathering and social communication in India, 1780-1870 /
Statement of responsibility, etc.	C.A. Bayly.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement	1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication	New Delhi
Name of publisher	Cambridge University Press,
Date of publication	1996.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages	412
Other physical details	maps ;
Accompanying material	24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note	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 failure of the British to anticipate the rebellions of 1857. The author argues, however, that even before this, complex systems of debate and communication were challenging the political and intellectual dominance of the European rulers.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	Introduction<br/>1. Prologue: surveillance and communication in early modern India<br/>2. Political intelligence and indigenous informants during the conquest of India, c. 1785–1815<br/>3. Misinformation and failure on the fringes of empire<br/>4. Between human intelligence and colonial knowledge<br/>5. The Indian ecumene: an indigenous public sphere<br/>6. Useful knowledge and godly society, c. 1830–50<br/>7. Colonial controversies: astronomers and physicians<br/>8. Colonial controversies: language and land<br/>9. The information order, the Rebellion of 1857–9 and pacification<br/>10. Epilogue: information, surveillance and the public arena after the Rebellion<br/>Conclusion: 'knowing the country'<br/>Bibliography<br/>Index
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Intelligence service
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Communication
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam027/96013146.html
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam022/96013146.html
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type	Books

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				Non-fiction	Ubhayabharati	Ubhayabharati	General Stacks	09/03/2018	995.00		327.124/054/09034 B344 E 102057	102057	09/03/2018	Books