Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge: The British in India

by Bernard S. Cohn

Book Overview

Bernard Cohn's interest in the construction of Empire as an intellectual and cultural phenomenon has set the agenda for the academic study of modern Indian culture for over two decades. His earlier publications have shown how dramatic British innovations in India, including revenue and legal systems, led to fundamental structural changes in Indian social relations. This collection of his writings in the last fifteen years discusses areas in which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691000433
• ISBN13: 9780691000435
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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