Island networks: Telecommunications in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the early twentieth century (Record no. 531022)
[ view plain ]
| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 02031nam a22001457a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 250724b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Saxena, Medha |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Island networks: Telecommunications in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the early twentieth century |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | The Indian Economic and Social History Review |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 62(2), Apr-Jun, 2025: p.189-221 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, British colonial discourse was marked by a concern with new forms of telecommunication (telephony and wireless) for maintaining the security of their far-flung possessions. Historically located in an area of intense commercial and social activity, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal became marginalised in the colonial narrative. Initially occupied for strategic reasons, the islands were used to incarcerate criminals and political prisoners after 1857. The desire to stay connected to the Indian mainland and the simultaneous need to maintain the isolation of the prisoner population made the islands a fertile ground for discussion over a secure system of communication. Telecommunications became the new tool to mitigate the fear and anxiety, both real and imagined, generated by this geography and its inhabitants. This article will analyse how geopolitics framed the establishment of communication lines in the region and how the information flows were monitored to maintain control. Since new technologies had the potential to disrupt old orders of information, censorship became as crucial as connection. The article will also look at how technology in turn challenged imperial hegemony and revealed the inconsistencies within the workings of the colonial state.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00194646251330473 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Telecommunications, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Geopolitics, Information, flow, Fear/anxiety, Isolation. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 55618 |
| 773 ## - HOST ITEM ENTRY | |
| Main entry heading | The Indian Economic and Social History Review |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Item type | Articles |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Date acquired | Serial Enumeration / chronology | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Institute of Public Administration | Indian Institute of Public Administration | 2025-07-24 | 62(2), Apr-Jun, 2025: p.189-221 | AR136777 | 2025-07-24 | Articles |