Imperial steam : modernity on the sea route to India, 1837-74
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Imperial steam : modernity on the sea route to India, 1837-74
(Studies in imperialism / general editor, John M. MacKenzie)
Manchester University Press, 2023
- : hardback
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [231]-243
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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. -- .
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 'Bustle, motion, progress, change': Steamship modernity
2 'A turbulent microcosm': Steamship space
3 'The diurnal economy of these steamers': Steamship temporalities
4 'Not at home, yet so completely at home': Steamship domesticity
5 'Dissolving views in the panorama of travel': Producing the maritime landscape
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index -- .
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