TY - BOOK ID - 77893837 TI - Empire and information : intelligence gathering and social communication in India, 1780-1870 PY - 1997 VL - 1 SN - 0511583281 0511002033 9780511002038 9780521570855 0521570859 0521570859 9780511583285 9780521663601 9788175960657 0521663601 0511089929 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Intelligence service KW - Communication KW - Communication, Primitive KW - Mass communication KW - Sociology KW - Counter intelligence KW - Counterespionage KW - Counterintelligence KW - Intelligence community KW - Secret police (Intelligence service) KW - Public administration KW - Research KW - Disinformation KW - Secret service KW - History. KW - Social aspects KW - India KW - Politics and government KW - Espionage, British KW - Espionnage anglais KW - Service des renseignements KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Aspect social KW - Great Britain KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Inde KW - Colonies KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - 1765-1947 KW - Intelligence service - India - History. KW - Communication - Social aspects - India - History. KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77893837 AB - 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. ER -