Imperial Technology and 'Native' Agency A Social History of Railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920
This book explores the impact of railways on colonial Indian society from the commencement of railway operations in the mid-nineteenth to the early decades of the twentieth century. The book represents a historiographical departure. Using new archival evidence as well as travelogues written by India...
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| Médium: | E-kniha Kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Oxford
Routledge
2018
Taylor and Francis No Funder Information Available Taylor & Francis |
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| ISBN: | 1315397099, 9781315397092, 1138226688, 9781138226685, 0367590980, 9780367590987, 1315397102, 1315397080, 9781315397078, 1315397072, 9781315397085, 9781315397108 |
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- Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1 On time? Railway time and travel-discipline in colonial India -- 2 A ticket to control? Limits of railway travel-discipline in colonial India -- 3 A shared space? Contestation of station spaces and railway travel-discipline in colonial India -- 4 Chariots of equality? Travelling in railway carriages and social transformation in colonial India -- 5 To eat or not to eat? Railway travel, commensality and social change in colonial India -- 6 A nation on the move? Railway travel and conceptualisations of space in colonial India -- 7 Shared spaces, shifting identities: Railway travel and notions of identity and community in colonial India -- Conclusion: All aboard the train? Technology transmission and social transformation in colonial India -- Bibliography -- Index