Knowing the country: empire and information in India
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The sourcing and collection of information using native surveillance and intelligence systems during the British rule of India were recounted. The intelligence-gathering networks of the Mughal emperors were well-developed and were continued by the British. The information system was composed of spies, informants, merchants, religious mendicants and people from all social backgrounds. The British, however, were less successful in gathering information from local communities because they failed to elicit information from local information sources such as doctors, holy men, women and tribals.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1993
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Britain's secret intelligence service in Asia during the Second World War
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The British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also known as the Inter-Service Liaison Department, was not an impressive organization anywhere in the world in the years between the two world wars, having been underfunded. By mid-1941 there was an effort underway to strengthen the SIS, but in Asia it was too late. SIS in Asia after 1941 ran into new problems that got worse as the war went on and its disadvantages were worse in Japanese-occupied countries. Amateur saboteurs of the new Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization had much more success.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1998
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An intra-empire capital transfer: the Shanghai Rubber Company boom, 1909-1912
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Fortunes rose and fell during the Shanghai, China, rubber company boom of 1909-1912. Technological developments that improved rubber processing led to increased investment. Shanghai rubber companies were among the most popular stocks on the London Stock Exchange. Stock prices peaked in 1910 and then seriously declined. The industry stabilized by 1915, however, and eventually profited from an increase in sales of electrical goods and automobiles.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1998
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