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Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843 Matthew H. Edney New edition
Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843
Matthew H. Edney
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
| Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
| Lançado | 1 de maio de 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226184883 |
| Editoras | The University of Chicago Press |
| Páginas | 480 |
| Dimensões | 229 × 155 × 25 mm · 734 g |
| Idioma | Inglês |