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

by James Hevia

Book Overview

The Imperial Security State explores an important but under-explored dimension of British imperialism - its information system and the close links between military knowledge and the maintenance of empire. James Hevia's innovative study focuses on route books and military reports produced by the British Indian Army military intelligence between 1880 and 1940. He shows that together these formed a renewable and authoritative archive that was used to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107519578
• ISBN13: 9781107519572
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"