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List of maps; Preface; Glossary; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1.Prologue: surveillance and communication in early modern India; 2. Politicalintelligence and indigenous informants during the conquest of India, c.1785-1815; 3. Misinformation and failure on the fringes of empire; 4. Betweenhuman intelligence and colonial knowledge; 5. The Indian ecumene: anindigenous public sphere; 6. Useful knowledge and godly society, c. 1830-50;7. Colonial controversies: astronomers and physicians; 8. Colonialcontroversies: language and land; 9. The information order, the Rebellion of1857-9 and pacification; 10. Epilogue: information, surveillance and thepublic arena after the Rebellion; Conclusion: 'knowing the country';Bibliography; Index.