Description: Unearthing the Past to Forge the FutureColin Mackenzie, the Early Colonial State, and the Comprehensive Survey of India Author(s): Tobias Wolffhardt Format: Hardback Publisher: Berghahn Books, United Kingdom Imprint: Berghahn Books ISBN-13: 9781785336898, 978-1785336898 Synopsis For much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the British East India Company consolidated its rule over India, evolving from a trading venture to a colonial administrative force. Yet its territorial gains far outpaced its understanding of the region and the people who lived there, and its desperate efforts to gain knowledge of the area led to the 1815 appointment of army officer Colin Mackenzie as the first Surveyor General of India. This volume carefully reconstructs the life and career of Mackenzie, showing how the massive survey of India that he undertook became one of the most spectacular and wide-ranging knowledge production initiatives in British colonial history.
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Book Title: Unearthing the Past to Forge the Future
Number of Pages: 356 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Unearthing the Past to Forge the Future: Colin Mackenzie, the Early Colonial State, and the Comprehensive Survey of India
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: History
Item Height: 229 mm
Type: Textbook
Author: Tobias Wolffhardt
Series: Studies in British and Imperial History
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
