Название: Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843
Автор: Matthew H. Edney
Издательство: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226184870
Год: 1997
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 480
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 53,7 МБ
Язык: Английский
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.