Empire and Information

出版者:Cambridge University Press

作者:C. A. Bayly

页数:428

出版时间:2000-3-28

价格:USD 52.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780521663601

图书标签:历史英文版印度英國通讯史英文原版翻过社会史

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 'native informants', and considers how the colonial authorities interpreted and often misinterpreted the information they supplied. It was such misunderstandings which ultimately contributed to the failure of the British to anticipate the rebellions of 1857. The author argues, however, that even before this, complex systems of debate and communication were challenging the political and intellectual dominance of the European rulers.

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Truly encyclopaedic. Arguably the best work of history ever read.

Truly encyclopaedic. Arguably the best work of history ever read.

时间不足，看得走马观花，作者从卡斯特的信息城市一书中借来“信息秩序”的概念，用来探讨东印度公司在北印度统治超过一个世纪的重要构成。书中对印度18世纪晚期到19世纪中叶历史的讨论，涉及印度本地间谍情报活动，（各行）知识分子、传教组织、公共舆论等主流话题，需要再读。

Truly encyclopaedic. Arguably the best work of history ever read.

用繁瑣的語言表達非常簡單的概念。