Indian Ink: Script and Print in the Making of the English East India CompanyA commercial company established in 1600 to monopolize trade between England and the Far East, the East India Company grew to govern an Indian empire. Exploring the relationship between power and knowledge in European engagement with Asia, Indian Ink examines the Company at work and reveals how writing and print shaped authority on a global scale in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. |
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... significant truths. Imagine, however, all the other books and papers beyond the frame that have had Boyle's hands or eyes upon them, or the hands and eyes of those he engaged to read and write for him. What might they have to say about ...
... significant drain upon national wealth. Many took an interest in it.3 Boyle himself owned East India stock, as did the Royal Society. He also used his position in the Com- pany to find places for those who sought his patronage.4 However ...
... significance of these debates , it. 1. For example, Chris Tiffin and Alan Lawson (eds.) (1994) De-Scribing Empire: Post-colo- nialism and Textuality (Routledge, London); Elleke Boehmer (1995) Colonial and Postcolonial Literature: Migrant ...
... significance of these debates , it is evident that they have frequently proceeded by oversimplifying the stance of their opponents instead of exploring the substantial and increasing degree of shared ground . While it might be stated in ...
... significant changes brought by new forms of script and print and the increasing variety 16. Robert Darnton ( 1982 ) “ What is the history of books ? ” Daedalus , 111 : 3 , pp . 65–83 ; Robert Darnton ( 1986 ) “ First steps towards a ...
Contents
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Royal Letters and the Mercantile Encounter | 27 |
Accounting for Collectivity Order and Authority at Fort St George | 67 |
Print Politics and the Company in England | 104 |
Print and Prices on Exchange Alley | 157 |
6 The Work of Empire in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction | 198 |
Postscript | 266 |
Bibliography | 277 |
Index | 305 |
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Indian Ink: Script and Print in the Making of the English East India Company Miles Ogborn No preview available - 2007 |