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Wiring the nation : telecommunication, newspaper-reportage, and nation building in British India, 1850-1930 / Michael Mann.
Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199088843 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Telecommunication -- India -- History -- 19th century | Telecommunication -- Social aspects -- India -- History -- 19th century | Reporters and reporting -- India -- History -- 19th century | India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947
| India -- Politics and government -- 1857-1919Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199472178DDC classification: 384.095409034 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.
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This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Specialized.
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