TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bayly,C.A.
TI  - Empire and information: intelligence gathering and social communication in India, 1780-1870 
T2  - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society
SN  - 0521663601
AV  - JQ229.I6 B39 1999
U1  - ARCH FRBC 327.124 B359E 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Intelligence service
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - Communication
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1765-1947
N1  - Originally published: 1996; Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-400) and index; Prologue: surveillance and communication in early modern India -- Political intelligence and indigenous infomants during the conquest of India, c. 1785-185 -- Misinformation and failure on the fringes of empire -- Between human intelligence and colonial knowledge -- The Indian ecumene: an indigenous public sphere -- Useful knowledge and godly society, c. 1830-50 -- Colonial controversies: astronomers and physicians -- Colonial controversies: language and land -- The information order, the rebellion of 1857-9 and pacification -- Epilogue: information, surveillance and the public arena after the rebellion -- Conclusion: 'knowing the country'
N2  - Deploying a superior military strength and a sophisticated intelligence system allowed the British to conquer India. In a penetrating account Bayly shows how networks of Indian spies were recruited by the British to secure information
ER  -