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

by Kenneth A. Loparo

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230205062
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/27/2010
Series:	Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	277
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Maps, and Tables viii

Foreword ix

Acknowledgements xi

List of Abbreviations xii

Introduction: 'What hath God wrought!? 1

1 From Laboratory to Museum: The Changing Culture of Science and Experiment in India, c. 1830-56 11

2 The Telegraph and the Uprisings of 1857 31

3 The Discipline of Technology 50

4 Making the Twain Meet: The New Imperialism of Telegraphy 79

5 The Magical Mystery Tour: Cable Telegraphy 105

6 Forging a New India in a Telegraph World: Expansion and Consolidation within India 129

7 The Telegraph General Strike of 1908 157

8 Swadeshi and Information Panic: Functions and Malfunctions of the Information Order, c. 1900-12 179

Conclusion 211

Notes 219

Glossary 257

Bibliography 258

Index 271