The Imperial Archive

The Imperial Archive
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Publisher : Verso
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 0860916057
ISBN-13 : 9780860916055
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Book Synopsis The Imperial Archive by : Thomas Richards

Download or read book The Imperial Archive written by Thomas Richards and published by Verso. This book was released on 1993-11-17 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that by meeting the vast administrative challenge of the British Empire - thorough maps and surveys, censuses and statistics - Victorian administrators developed a new symbiosis of knowledge and power. The book draws on works by Rudyard Kipling, H.G. Wells and Bram Stoker.


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