Empire and Post-Empire Telecommunications in India: A History

by Pradip Ninan Thomas

This book, on the history of telecommunications in India is the first of its kind to intentionally link the past and present, the continuities and discontinuities between telecommunications in the era of the British Raj and telecommunications in 21st century India. Beginning with the history of the telegraph, it explores in separate chapters, the history of oceanic cables and wireless in the context of the political economy and compulsions of Empire...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199489483
• ISBN13: 9780199489480
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"