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Forgotten voices of the British empire : how knowledge was created and curated in colonial India and Burma

Title
Forgotten voices of the British empire : how knowledge was created and curated in colonial India and Burma / Carol Ann Boshier.
Author
Boshier, Carol Ann
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

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Description
1 online resource.
Alternative Title
How knowledge was created and curated in colonial India and Burma
Subject
  • East India Company > Biography
  • 1765-1947
  • British > India > History
  • British > Burma > History
  • Scientific expeditions > India
  • Scientific expeditions > Burma
  • Ethnological expeditions > India
  • Ethnological expeditions > Burma
  • Imperialism and science
  • India > Civilization > 1765-1947
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 23, 2022).
Contents
Spheres of knowledge -- Indigenous informants and go-betweens -- The botanical surveys of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton -- Francis Whyte Ellis : 'a nearly perfect embodiment of orientalism as colonial policy' -- 'The white pundit' : William Johnson and the great trigonometrical survey of India -- Dr Clement Williams : a British merchant at the court of King Mindon -- William Marshman Bailey : 'the right sort' of political officer and collector ICS : collecting and photographing the Naga peoples of North-East Burma -- The last word from the women of the empire.
ISBN
  • 9781538159897
  • 1538159899
LCCN
2021056582
OCLC
2021056582
Author
Boshier, Carol Ann, author.
Title
Forgotten voices of the British empire : how knowledge was created and curated in colonial India and Burma / Carol Ann Boshier.
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 23, 2022).
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Chronological Term
1765-1947
Added Author
EBSCOhost
Other Form:
Print version: Boshier, Carol Ann. Forgotten voices of the British empire Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021] 9781538159880 (DLC) 2021056581
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