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Imperial Steam : Modernity on the Sea Route to India, 1837-1874, Hardcover by...

Imperial Steam : Modernity on the Sea Route to India, 1837-1874, Hardcover by...

$ 58.91

  • Author: Jonathan Stafford
  • Book Series: Studies in Imperialism Ser.
  • Book Title: Imperial Steam : Modernity on the Sea Route to India, 1837-74
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Genre: Transportation, Political Science, History
  • ISBN: 9781526164483
  • Illustrator: Yes
  • Item Height: 0.6 in
  • Item Length: 9.2 in
  • Item Weight: 19.4 Oz
  • Item Width: 6.1 in
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 264 Pages
  • Publication Year: 2023
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Topic: Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Asia / General, Imperialism, Modern / 19th Century, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Maritime History & Piracy
  • gtin13: 9781526164483

Description

Imperial Steam : Modernity on the Sea Route to India, 1, Hardcover by Stafford, Jonathan, ISBN 1526164485, ISBN-13 9781526164483, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Imperial Steam explores the early history of a steamship route which was at the heart of the functioning of the British Empire. More so than the practical changes wrought by steam, th argues that the modernity associated with the steamship provided a powerful imaginative frame of reference for narrating Britain’s place in its imperial world.