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The Imperial Archive: Knowledge and the Fantasy of Empire
Thomas Richards
The Imperial Archive: Knowledge and the Fantasy of Empire
Thomas Richards
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.
192 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 17, 1993 |
ISBN13 | 9780860916055 |
Publishers | Verso Books |
Pages | 192 |
Dimensions | 138 × 216 × 13 mm · 270 g |
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