Telegraphic Imperialism - Crisis and Panic in the Indian Empire, C.1830-1920

Informationen zum Autor DEEP KANTA LAHIRI CHOUDHURY trained in history at Presidency College, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, and University of Cambridge, UK. He did his Post-Doctorate at University of Oxford. He has taught, lectured and supervised at various institutions including Cambridge, Oxford, Bristol, Jamia Millia Islamia and Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan, as well as published in various international journals. Klappentext The first electronic communication network transformed language, distance, and time. This book researches the telegraph system of the British Indian Empire, c.1850 to 1920, exploring one of the most significant transnational phenomena of the imperial world, and the link between communication, Empire, and social change. Zusammenfassung The first electronic communication network transformed language! distance! and time. This book researches the telegraph system of the British Indian Empire! c.1850 to 1920! exploring one of the most significant transnational phenomena of the imperial world! and the link between communication! Empire! and social change. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Introduction From Laboratory to Museum: the Changing Culture of Science and Experiment in India, circa 1830-1856 The Telegraph and the Uprisings of 1857 The Discipline of Technology Making the Twain Meet: the New Imperialism of Telegraphy The Magical Mystery Tour: Cable Telegraphy Telegraphic Imperialism: Expansion and Consolidation within India 146-174 The Telegraph General Strike of 1908 Swadeshi and Information Panic: Functions and Malfunctions of the Information Order, c.1900-1912 Conclusion Bibliography

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• Authors: D. Lahiri Choudhury, Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury, Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury, LAHIRI CHOUDHURY DEEP KANTA, Kenneth A Loparo, Kenneth A. Loparo
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2010
• EAN: 9780230205062
• ISBN: 978-0-230-20506-2
• No. of pages: 289
• Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series; Palgrave MacMillan Transnation; Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series; Palgrave MacMillan Transnation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; B, History, European History, Colonialism & imperialism, Economic history, History of Science, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, imperialism, Palgrave History Collection, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Imperialism and Colonialism, Computer Engineering and Networks, Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks, Computer organization, Asia—History, Computer networking & communications