Communication and colonialism in Eastern India : Bihar, 1760s-1880s / / Nitin Sinha [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Sinha Nitin
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Anthem Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxviii, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 384.0954/12309034
• Soggetto topico: Communication and traffic - India - Bihar - History; Communication and traffic - Colonies - Great Britain - History
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Colonies Administration History 18th century; Great Britain Colonies Administration History 19th century
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- From affective forms to objectification: spatial transition from pre-colonial to colonial times -- India and its interiors -- Going into the interiors -- Knowing the ways -- Controlling the routes -- Changing regime of communication, 1820s-60s -- Of men and commodities -- The wheels of change -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Through a regional focus on Bihar between the 1760s and 1880s, ‘Communication and Colonialism in Eastern India’ reveals the shifting and contradictory nature of the colonial state’s policies and discourses on communication. The volume explores the changing relationship between trade, transport and mobility in India, as evident in the trading and mercantile networks operating at various scales of the economy. Of crucial importance to this study are the ways in which knowledge about roads and routes was collected through practices of travel, tours, surveys, and map-making, all of which benefited the state in its attempts to structure a regime that would regulate ‘undesirable’ forms of mobility.
• Altri titoli varianti: Communication & Colonialism in Eastern India
• Titolo autorizzato: Communication and colonialism in Eastern India
• ISBN: 1-283-70504-4; 0-85728-909-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462342603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II