Mapping an Empire: Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843

by M H Edney (Author)

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  Paperback
  1999

  $3.24

  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.

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  Paperback
  1999

  $37.51

  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.