Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843 - Matthew H. Edney - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226184883 - May 1, 1999
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In this history of the British surveys of India, the author relates how imperial Britain employed modern scientific survey techniques to create and define the spacial image of its Indian empire, and to legitimize its colonialist activities as triumphs of liberal, rational science.


474 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps, 1 line drawing

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 1, 1999
ISBN13 9780226184883
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 480
Dimensions 229 × 155 × 25 mm   ·   734 g
Language English  

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