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Author: Miles Ogborn
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:
Width: 1.60cm
, Height: 0.30cm
, Length: 2.30cm
Weight: 0.624kg
ISBN: 9780226620411
ISBN 10: 0226620417
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 June 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
By arguing that the interrelationship of geography and writing was essential to networks of trade and the establishment of political domination, Ogborn offers fresh perspective on a literature preoccupied with the Company''s involvement in bullion and opium. -- Bhavani Raman Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"""[A] remarkable achievement in cultural nd economic history.""-- ""Studies in English Literature"" ""By arguing that the interrelationship of geography and writing was essential to networks of trade and the establishment of political domination, Ogborn offers fresh perspective on a literature preoccupied with the Company's involvement in bullion and opium.""--Bhavani Raman ""Journal of Interdisciplinary History"" ""This is an original and compelling study that reveals through a series of well-chosen case studies how the production, dissenmination, and performance of knowledge was shaped by time and space.""--Douglas M. Peers ""International History Review"" ""Written in a fluid and enjoyable style, this book is an outstanding addition to the research into knowledge production and practices in the early British Empire. Ogborn's research establishes the relevancy for the reader of applying studies of specific geographies of place to current explorations of the role of print and print culture in the dissemination of knowledge and the consequences and ramifications for the establishment of authority and the spread of political power.""--George H. Thompson ""Libraries & the Cultural Record"""
This is an original and compelling study that reveals through a series of well-chosen case studies how the production, dissenmination, and performance of knowledge was shaped by time and space. --Douglas M. Peers International History Review By arguing that the interrelationship of geography and writing was essential to networks of trade and the establishment of political domination, Ogborn offers fresh perspective on a literature preoccupied with the Company's involvement in bullion and opium. --Bhavani Raman Journal of Interdisciplinary History Written in a fluid and enjoyable style, this book is an outstanding addition to the research into knowledge production and practices in the early British Empire. Ogborn's research establishes the relevancy for the reader of applying studies of specific geographies of place to current explorations of the role of print and print culture in the dissemination of knowledge and the consequences and ramifications for the establishment of authority and the spread of political power. --George H. Thompson Libraries & the Cultural Record [A] remarkable achievement in cultural nd economic history. --Studies in English Literature
By arguing that the interrelationship of geography and writing was essential to networks of trade and the establishment of political domination, Ogborn offers fresh perspective on a literature preoccupied with the Company's involvement in bullion and opium. --Bhavani Raman Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Author Information
Miles Ogborn is professor of geography at Queen Mary University of London.
