Mapping an Empire

Name: Mapping an Empire
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
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The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843

Autor: Matthew Edney

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Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: The University of Chicago Press

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In this history of the British surveys of India, focusing especially on the Great Trigonometrical Su...

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Autor

Matthew Edney

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

1999

Stránek

480

EAN

9780226184883

ISBN

0226184889

Enbook ID

04544295

Vydavatel

The University of Chicago Press

Hmotnost

734

Rozměry

229 x 155 x 25

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In this history of the British surveys of India, focusing especially on the Great Trigonometrical Survey (GTS) undertaken by the British East India Company, the author relates how imperial Britain employed modern scientific survey techniques not only to create and define the spacial inmage of its Indian empire, but also to legitimate its colonialist activities as triumphs of liberal, rational science bringing "Civilisation" to irrational, mystical and despotic Indians. The reshaping of cartographic technologies in Europe into their modern form played a key role in the use of the GTS as an instrument of British cartographic control over India. In analyzing this reconfiguration, the author undertakes a detailed critical analysis of the foundations of modern cartography.

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