Wiring the nation : telecommunication, newspaper-reportage, and nation building in British India, 1850-1930 /

Analyses the social, cultural and political consequences of the telegraph in British India between 1850 and 1930. It demonstrates in how far the telegraph influenced and changed newspaper reportage in British India and, at the same time, to what extend it influenced the Indian national movement afte...

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Main Author: Mann, Michael (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Analyses the social, cultural and political consequences of the telegraph in British India between 1850 and 1930. It demonstrates in how far the telegraph influenced and changed newspaper reportage in British India and, at the same time, to what extend it influenced the Indian national movement after the turn of the nineteenth century.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199088843
0199088845
9780199472178
0199472173