| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1 Dastardly Murder -- 2 "This College Has Been Established at Cooper's-Hill" -- 3 The Prime Years: 1871-1896 -- 4 Student Life -- 5 An Officer of the Indian Telegraph Department -- 6 Jungle Wallahs -- 7 Engineers in India -- 8 Crisis, Diversification, and Closure: 1896-1906 -- 9 The Coopers Hill Society -- 10. Conclusions and Reflections |
| Summary |
"Established in 1871 on the outskirts of London, the Royal Indian Engineering College at Coopers Hill was arguably the first engineering school in Britain. For thirty-five years the college helped staff the government institutions of British India responsible for the railways, irrigation systems, telegraph network, and forests. Founded to meet the high demand for engineers in that country, it was closed thirty-five years later because its educational innovations had been surpassed by Britain's universities--on both occasions against the wishes of the Government of India. Imperial Engineers offers a complete history of the Royal Indian Engineering College. Drawing on the diaries of graduates working in India, the college magazine, student and alumni periodicals, and other archival documents, Richard Hornsey details why the college was established and how the students' education prepared them for their work. Illustrating the impact of the college and its graduates in India and beyond, Imperial Engineers illuminates the personal and professional experiences of British men in India as well as the transformation of engineering education at a time of social and technological change."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Royal Indian Engineering College -- History.
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Royal Indian Engineering College |
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Engineering schools -- England -- London -- History.
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Engineering students -- England -- London -- History.
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Engineers -- India -- History.
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901). |
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Engineering schools |
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Engineering students |
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Engineers |
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England -- London https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJp68ckpMtKGHPFWQrwDMP |
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India https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmdx47cDXrRhBXHtbvPwC |
| Indexed Term |
British empire. |
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Coopers Hill. |
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Indian railways. |
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Royal Indian Engineering College. |
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engineering education. |
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history of British engineering. |
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imperialism. |
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nineteenth century. |
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telegraph. |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hornsey, Richard, 1964- Imperial engineers. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2022 1487506864 9781487506865 (OCoLC)1280275665 |
| ISBN |
9781487535056 EPUB |
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1487535058 EPUB |
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148753504X electronic book |
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9781487535049 (electronic bk.) |
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