The governance and administration of the Empire
Key issue(s)
The use of technology
The use of technology
Technology influenced trade and the reversal of free trade policies globally.
Special consideration could be given to the issue of railways and this also leads into other key themes in the module, such as the growth of nationalism in India. There is a lot of debate about the experience of famines in 19th century India and why the railway infrastructure could not avert them (see Key Topic 3 session: Periphery).
Special consideration could be given to the issue of railways and this also leads into other key themes in the module, such as the growth of nationalism in India. There is a lot of debate about the experience of famines in 19th century India and why the railway infrastructure could not avert them (see Key Topic 3 session: Periphery).
Technology
Some interesting pocket sized introductions to key technological advances during the Victorian period: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/ An online exhibition at King’s College, University of London with some good basic notes and images: ‘Imperial designs: technology and empire in the 19th century’ Extensive primary materials: http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/index.html |
Famine
Primary accounts
Secondary materials that help to place these in context
Google searches will also produce some - often very disturbing – photographic sources of these times. |