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040 _cCUS
082 0 0 _a384.109509034
_bCHO/T
100 1 _aChoudhury, Deep Kanta Lahiri
245 1 0 _aTelegraphic imperialism: crisis and panic in the Indian Empire, c.1830/
_cDeep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury.
260 _aNew York :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2010.
300 _axii, 277 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 258-270) and index.
505 _aFrom 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.
650 0 _aTelegraph
_zIndia.
650 0 _aTelegraph
_zIndia
_xHistory.
650 0 _aTelegraph
_xSocial aspects
_zIndia.
650 0 _aSocial change
_zIndia.
651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
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