Title Imperial engineers : the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill / Richard Hornsey

Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource 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 Analysis British empire Coopers Hill Indian railways Royal Indian Engineering College engineering education history of British engineering imperialism nineteenth century telegraph Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 11, 2022) Subject Royal Indian Engineering College -- History SUBJECT Royal Indian Engineering College fast Subject Engineering schools -- England -- London -- History Engineering students -- England -- London -- History Engineers -- India -- History HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901). Engineering schools Engineering students Engineers England -- London India Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781487535056 1487535058 148753504X 9781487535049

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