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Telegraphic imperialism: crisis and panic in the Indian Empire, c.1830/ Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury.

By: Choudhury, Deep Kanta LahiriMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: xii, 277 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN: 9780230205062Subject(s): Telegraph -- India | Telegraph -- India -- History | Telegraph -- Social aspects -- India | Social change -- India | India -- HistoryDDC classification: 384.109509034

Contents:

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	384.109509034 CHO/T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P30983

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-270) and index.

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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