Mapping an Empire by 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.
Edney, Matthew H.: - Matthew H. Edney is Osher Professor in the History of Cartography at the University of Southern Maine. He is the author of Cartography: The Ideal and Its History and Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843, both also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226184883 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226184889 |
| Title | Mapping an Empire |
| Author | Matthew H Edney |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 1999-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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