Hybrid knowledge in the early East India Company world. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anna Winterbottom.
• Authors: Winterbottom, Anna, 1979-
• Contents: Introduction: Patronage and the Politics of Knowledge, 1660-1720 -- 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 -- 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 Experimenting : Producing and Using an Historical Relation of Ceylon -- 6. Transportation and Transplantation : Slave Knowledge and Company Plantations.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 324 pages)
• Subjects: 954.02/94; History; Knowledge, Sociology of -- History; Learning and scholarship -- History; Collectors and collecting -- History; Authors and patrons -- History; HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia; Authors and patrons; Collectors and collecting; Intellectual life; International relations; Knowledge, Sociology of; Learning and scholarship; History -- Modern -- General; History -- World; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; History -- Europe -- General; History -- General; History: earliest times to present day; General & world history; British & Irish history; European history; Colonialism & imperialism; History, Modern; World history; Imperialism; Science -- History; History of science; East Asia -- Intellectual life; Great Britain -- Intellectual life; Great Britain -- Relations -- East Asia; East Asia -- Relations -- Great Britain; East Asia; Great Britain; Zuid-Azië; Electronic books; History; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137380203; 1137380209; 1349563188; 9781349563180
• Related ISBNs: 9781349563180; 9781137380197; 1137380195
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 6, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.