Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843

By Matthew H. Edney

Book Overview

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,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226184870
• ISBN13: 9780226184876
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.5"