The tools of empire: technology and European imperialism in the nineteenth century
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| adam_text | Contents Introduction: Technology, Imperialism, and History 3 Imperialism and technology. Historiography of the causes of im perialism. The place of technology in the literature of imperialism. The causes of this disregard. A new model of causality. Stages of imperialism and the organization of this book. PART ONE: STEAMBOATS AND QUININE, TOOLS OF PENETRATION Chapter One: Secret Gunboats of the East India Company 17 Invention of the steamboat. Introduction of the gunboat. First steamers in India. The Burma War. The Ganges steamers. The Select Committee of 1834. Thomas Love Peacock. Francis Rawdon Chesney. Macgregor Laird. Iron vs. wooden boats. The Euphrates Expedition. Steamers for the Indus. More steamers for Mesopo tamia. Six more gunboats. Mystery of the Nemesis’ destination. The reasons for secrecy. Chapter Two: The Nemesis in China 43 Sino-European relations. The opium trade. Demands for war. The first steamers in China. Preparations for war. The Nemesis. Cap- Ѵ11
CONTENTS tain Hall. The campaign of 1841. The Yangtze expedition, 184». Chinese paddle-wheelers. Gunboats in Asia after 184s. The inter action of means and motives. Chapter Three: Malaria, Quinine, and the Penetration of Africa 58 The paradox of unknown Africa. Early explorations. Macgregor Laird and the 183։ Niger expedition. European military death rates in West Africa. Malaria. Quinine. Experiments in Algeria. Experi ments in West Africa. Medical results of quinine prophylaxis. Europeans enter Africa. Cinchona plantations and quinine supply. Steamers and the conquest of Nigeria. Other rivers. PART TWO: GUNS AND CONQUESTS Chapter Four: Weapons and Colonial Wars of the Early Nineteenth Century 83 Introduction. The modern gun. Muzzle-loading smoothbores. Per cussion. Rifling. Bullets. Early nineteenth-century colonial wars. India. Chinese weapons. Burma. Algeria 1830-1850. Conclusion. Chapter Five: The Breechloader Revolution 96 Introduction. The Dreyse. Single-shot breechloaders. Repeaters. Smokeless powders. Gun manufacture. Machine guns. The arms of colonial troops. Chapter Six: African Arms 105 Introduction. Dane guns on the coast. Sudanie weapons. Forest weapons. African iron. Imports of breechloaders. Restrictions on imports. Breechloaders in the Central Sudan. Chapter Seven: Arms Gap and Colonial Confrontations Explorers. Stanley. Disparity of firepower. The Eastern Sudan. Samori Touré. Ethiopia. Strategy and tactics. viii 115
CONTENTS PART THREE: REVOLUTION Chapter Eight: THE COMMUNICATIONS Steam and the Overland Route to India 129 Colonial links to Europe. Speed of communications. Early ocean steamers. Inefficiency. Three routes to India. Demand for steam routes. Calcutta and the Enterprize. Bombay and the Hugh Lindsay. Steamer imperialism. The Red Sea Route. The P and O. Chapter Nine: The Emergence of Efficient Steamships 142 Advantages of iron. Early iron boats. The propeller and the compass. The Great Britain. The economics of iron. The com pound engine. Chapter Ten: The Suez Canal 150 Inauguration. Preparations. Corvée labor and construction machinery. Impact. Chapter Eleven: The Submarine Cable 157 The need for communication. Early underwater cables. Techno logical advances. The cable network of the sixties and seventies. Eastern and Associated. British imperial cables. Chapter Twelve: The Global Thalassocracies 165 Steel hulls. The triple-expansion engine. Size of ships. Number of ships. Freight rates. Harbors and coaling stations. The demise of sail. Industrial time. Shipping lines. British lines to Africa. Mackinnon and the British India Line. French and German lines. British power. The lesser thalassocracies. Global change. Chapter Thirteen: The Railroads of India 180 Traditional transportation in India. Motives for building railroads. Stephenson. Guarantees. Construction. Later lines. Consequences of Indian railroads. IX
CONTENTS Chapter Fourteen: African Transportation: Dreams and Realities 192 Traditional transportation. Advantages and costs of railroads. Chronology of African railroads. The African railroad network. Steamers on the Congo. The Matadi-Leopoldville railroad. The Trans-Saharan projects. Chapter Fifteen: The Legacy of Technological Imperialism 204 The imperialism of British India. The crucial decades, 1860-1880, and the cost of conquests. Information flow and technological dif fusion. Legacies of imperialism: jingoism, racism, fascination with machinery. Bibliographical Essay: 211 Index: 215 x
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