Imperial Security State - British Colonial Knowledge and Empire-Building in Asia

Informationen zum Autor James Hevia is Professor of International History at the University of Chicago. His research interests have centred on European imperialism in Asia from the late eighteenth century onwards, and his previous publications include English Lessons: The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China (2003). Klappentext An important new study of the information systems of the British empire and of how knowledge was used to maintain empire. Zusammenfassung This is an innovative study of the relationship between the production of strategic geographical! political and ethnographical knowledge and the maintenance of the British empire in Asia. It explores the forms of military intelligence! how men were trained to produce them! and their relationship to other types of imperial knowledge. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The military revolution of the nineteenth century; 3. Imperial state formation, the professionalization of the army, and the making of experts; 4. Forming intelligence, making an archive; 5. Disciplining the space of Asia: triangulation and route books; 6. Regulating the facts of Asia: military reports and handbooks; 7. The uses of intelligence; 8. The effects of the imperial security regime in Asia and Great Britain; 9. Imperial security and the transformation of Asia; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: James Hevia, James L. Hevia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2015
• EAN: 9781107519572
• ISBN: 978-1-107-51957-2
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Empir; Critical Perspectives on Empire
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; History, European History, Asia, British Empire, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Colonialism and imperialism, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599