Empire and information : intelligence gathering and social communication in India, 1780-1870 / C.A. Bayly.

In a penetrating account of the evolution of British intelligence gathering in India, C. A. Bayly shows how networks of Indian spies were recruited by the British to secure military, political and social information about their subjects. He also examines the social and intellectual origins of these...

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Main Author: Bayly, C. A. (Christopher Alan)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Edition:1st pbk. ed.
Series:Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 1.
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