Imperial Steam

Modernity on the Sea Route to India, 1837-74

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Imperial steam explores the early history of steamship travel to Britain’s imperial East. Drawing upon the wealth of voyage narratives which were produced in the first decades of the new route to India, the book examines the thoughts, emotions and experiences of those whose lives were caught up with the imperial project. The potent symbolism of the steamship, which exceeded the often harsh realities of travel, provided a convincing narrative for coming to terms with Britain’s global empire – not just for passengers, but for those at home who consumed the ubiquitous accounts of steamship travel. Imperial steam thus contributes to our understanding of the role of imperial networks in the production of the British imperial world view.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-04-11
Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt549 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Imperialism
Antal sidor264
FörlagManchester University Press
ISBN9781526164483

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'Imperial Steam makes a substantial contribution to the history of industrialization and empire. It will be useful to maritime historians and specialists on the British Empire, but it also sheds light as a case study on some of the “big” questions on modernity and machines as experienced by travellers, laborers, and consumers.'Technology and Culture, 2023'In recent decades scholars of nineteenth-century Britain have become increasingly attentive to the energy transition in this period and to the ways that coal and steam shaped the era and what came after it... Jonathan Stafford’s Imperial Steam: Modernity on the Sea Route to India, 1837–74 offers an in-depth exploration of one key chapter in these histories'Elizabeth Carolyn Miller, University of California, Davis