Fills a gap in scholarship on Indian culture and power between 1500 and 1800, arguing that we can't know how colonialism changed South Asia unless we know what

Empires of Knowledge charts the emergence of different kinds of scientific networks – local and long-distance, informal and institutional, religious and secul

The history of knowledge is a dynamic field of research with bright prospects. In recent years it has been established as an exciting, forward-looking field int

The essays in Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia challenge the idea that notions of modernity and colonialism are mere imports from the West, and sho

This collection seeks to contribute to the many long-standing discussions on modernity, but also and more specifically to the more recent debates over trends to