Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World (Hardcover)

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