Mapping an Empire : The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843 - Matthew H. Edney

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Mapping an Empire

The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843

By: Matthew H. Edney

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Paperback | 1 May 1999 | Edition Number 1

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In this fascinating history of the British surveys of India, Matthew H. Edney relates how imperial Britain used modern survey techniques to not only create and define the spatial image of its Empire, but also to legitimate its colonialist activities.

"There is much to be praised in this book. It is an excellent history of how India came to be painted red in the nineteenth century. But more importantly, Mapping an Empire sets a new standard for books that examine a fundamental problem in the history of European imperialism."â"D. Graham Burnett, Times Literary Supplement

"Mapping an Empire is undoubtedly a major contribution to the rapidly growing literature on science and empire, and a work which deserves to stimulate a great deal of fresh thinking and informed research."â"David Arnold, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

"This case study offers broadly applicable insights into the relationship between ideology, technology and politics. . . . Carefully read, this is a tale of irony about wishful thinking and the limits of knowledge."â"Publishers Weekly

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List of Illustrations and Maps
List of Tables
Preface
Note on East India Company Coinage Places Mentioned in the Text: Southern India and Northern India Chronology of Events and the Expansion of the East India Company
The Ideologies and Practices of Mapping and Imperialism
Observation and Representation
Surveying and Mapmaking
Structural Constraints of the East India Company's Administration
Cartographic Anarchy and System in Madras, 1790-1810
Institutions for Mapping All of British India, 1814-23
Triangulation, the Cartographic Panacea, 1825-32
The Final Compromise: Triangulation and Archive, 1831-43
Scientific Practice: Incorporating the Rationality of Empire
Cartographic Practice: Inscribing an Imperial Space Biographical Notes Notes Unpublished Primary Sources, by Archive Published Primary Sources Secondary Sources Relating to the British Surveys in India Principal Secondary Sources
Index
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The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843

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