Empire and post-empire telecommunications in India : a history / (Record no. 64898)
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| fixed length control field | 01582nam a22001697a 4500 |
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| fixed length control field | 200519b2019 ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780199489480 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 384.0954 THO-P |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thomas, Pradip Ninan |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Empire and post-empire telecommunications in India : a history / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Pradip Ninan Thomas |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | India |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 193 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 795.00 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Telecommunications was vital to the imperial project and connecting India—the jewel in the British crown—was a key priority. However, intercolonial rivalries outside and within India as well as contestation between private and public ownership of telecommunications made that task difficult. The author explores these differences and ties the history of Telegraph, cable and wireless in British India to the evolving story of telecommunications in post-Independence India. This book examines the role of the Telegraph, oceanic cables and the wireless in the context of the political economy and compulsions of empire to control global flows of communications. It argues that history is absolutely critical to understanding the present and the imprint of the past continues to shape the Indian state’s engagements with telecommunications. This volume undertakes the project of bridging the gap between past and present and highlighting a narrative of time- and space-specific innovation and growth tempered by political circumstances, geopolitical developments and economic compulsions. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Telecommunication |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Telecommunication policy |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 383 | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | General Stack (For lending) | 19/05/2020 | 384.0954 THO-P | 40420 | 13/07/2024 | Books |