Mapping an empire : the geographical construction of British India, 1765-1843 / Matthew H. Edney.
Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997. Description: xv, 458 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780226184883; 0226184889 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): East India Company -- History | Cartography -- India -- HistoryDDC classification: 912/.54 LOC classification: GA1131. | E36 1997Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents
Contents:
Ch. 1: The Ideologies and Practices of Mapping and Imperialism / Ch. 2: Observation and Representation / Ch. 3: Surveying and Mapmaking / Ch. 4: Structural Constraints of the East India Company's Administration / Ch. 5: Cartographic Anarchy and System in Madras, 1790-1810 / Ch. 6: Institutions for Mapping All of British India, 1814-23 / Ch. 7: Triangulation, the Cartographic Panacea, 1825-32 / Ch. 8: The Final Compromise: Triangulation and Archive, 1831-43 / Ch. 9: Scientific Practice: Incorporating the Rationality of Empire / Ch. 10: Cartographic Practice: Inscribing an Imperial Space /
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-436) and index.
Ch. 1: The Ideologies and Practices of Mapping and Imperialism / Ch. 2: Observation and Representation / Ch. 3: Surveying and Mapmaking / Ch. 4: Structural Constraints of the East India Company's Administration / Ch. 5: Cartographic Anarchy and System in Madras, 1790-1810 / Ch. 6: Institutions for Mapping All of British India, 1814-23 / Ch. 7: Triangulation, the Cartographic Panacea, 1825-32 / Ch. 8: The Final Compromise: Triangulation and Archive, 1831-43 / Ch. 9: Scientific Practice: Incorporating the Rationality of Empire / Ch. 10: Cartographic Practice: Inscribing an Imperial Space /