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100			_aFuller, C. J.
245			_aAnthropologist and imperialist : H.H. Risley and British India, 1873-1911
250			_aSouth Asia ed.
260			_bSocial Science Press, _aNew Delhi : _c2023
300			_axiv, 451 p. ; _bill, maps, _c23 cm.
365			_b1595.00 _c₹ _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aAnthropologist and Imperialist: H. H. Risley and British India, 1873–1911 brings out how imperative the role of Sir Herbert Hope Risley was to India’s colonial past. A member of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) from 1873 to 1910, Risley served in Bengal and became a senior administrator and policymaker in the colonial government. He was also the pre-eminent anthropologist in British India. An imperialist, Risley was convinced about the rightness of ‘civilising’ British rule and its benefits for both India and Britain. One of this book’s objectives is to render his simultaneous commitment to anthropology and imperialism intelligible to present-day readers. More specifically, Anthropologist and Imperialist draws attention to the two sides of Risley’s career, which is used as a case-study to investigate, first, the production and circulation of colonial knowledge, specifically anthropological knowledge, and secondly, its often loose and inconsistent connection with administration and policymaking, and with the government and state overall.
650			_aBiography
650			_aAnthropometry
650			_a Bengal secretariat
650			_aBhumijs
650			_aChota Nagpur
650			_aDunlop Smith
650			_aEthnographic survey
650			_aGhatwali system
650			_aManbhum district
650			_aMidnapore district
650			_a Nasal index
650			_aPolice reform
650			_aRisley Crescent
650			_aSantals
650			_aVillage councils
650			_aBritish India
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