| ISBN: | 9780226703275 |
| Publication date: | 16th November 2012 |
| Author: | Bhavani Raman |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press an imprint of University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | South Asia Across the Disciplines |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology Colonialism and imperialism |
Historians of British colonial rule in India have noted both the place of military might and the imposition of new cultural categories in the making of Empire, but Bhavani Raman, in Document Raj, uncovers a lesser-known story of power: the power of bureaucracy. Drawing on extensive archival research in the files of the East India Company's administrative offices in Madras, she tells the story of a bureaucracy gone awry in a fever of documentation practices that grew ever more abstract-and the power, both economic and cultural, this created. In order to assert its legitimacy and value within the British Empire, the East India Company was diligent about record keeping.
Document Raj features in the following genres: History and Archaeology, Colonialism and imperialism
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Document Raj was written by Bhavani Raman and published by The University of Chicago Press an imprint of University of Chicago Press
Document Raj has 296 pages
Yes it is part of South Asia Across the Disciplines series
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