Winterbottom, Anna.

Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (337 pages) - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies . - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies .

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transcription and Transliteration -- Introduction: Patronage and the Politics of Knowledge -- 1 Curious Collectors and Infamous Interlopers: Samuel Baron and the EIC Settlements in Southeast and East Asia -- 2 Linguistic Landscapes: Early English Studies of Malay and the EIC in Maritime Southeast Asia -- 3 Toleration and Translation: English Versions of Two Hindu Texts from Bengal -- 4 Botanical and Medical Networks: Madras through the Collections of Two EIC Surgeons -- 5 Bio-Prospecting and Experimentation: Producing and Using An Historical Relation of Ceylon -- 6 Transportation and Transplantation: Slave Knowledge and Company Plantations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Imperialism.


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