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Imprint of the Raj: How Fingerprinting was Born in Colonial India
by Sengoopta, Chandak
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- ISBN 10
- 0333989163
- ISBN 13
- 9780333989166
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London, England: Macmillan / Pan Macmillan, 2003. First U.K. Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv, 234pp w index. Red cloths w crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound Cartographic illustrated DJ clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Small octavo.
Opening with the first case in British legal history to use the radical new technique of fingerprinting, this work explores the remarkable origins of this standard tool of forensic science in colonial India and shows how it transformed British life
Opening with the first case in British legal history to use the radical new technique of fingerprinting, this work explores the remarkable origins of this standard tool of forensic science in colonial India and shows how it transformed British life
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- Title
- Imprint of the Raj: How Fingerprinting was Born in Colonial India
- Author
- Sengoopta, Chandak
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0333989163
- ISBN 13
- 9780333989166
- Publisher
- Macmillan / Pan Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 224
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Herschel, William James. Herschel, William James -- 1833-1917 Fingerprints -- History. NOISBN General
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