Writing and Scribes in Early Colonial South India
by
Bhavani Raman
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
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...