Imperial Technology and 'Native' Agency : a Social History of Railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920.
Mukhopadhyay, Aparajita,
Imperial Technology and 'Native' Agency : a Social History of Railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920. - Milton : Routledge, 2018. - 1 online resource (255 pages)
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 India7 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.
9781315397092 1315397099 9781315397085 1315397080 9781315397078 1315397072 9781315397108 1315397102
10.4324/9781315397108 doi
Railroads--Social aspects--History.--India
Railroad travel--Social aspects--History.--India
India--Civilization--1765-1947.
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
HE3298 / .M85 2018eb
385.0954/09034
Imperial Technology and 'Native' Agency : a Social History of Railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920. - Milton : Routledge, 2018. - 1 online resource (255 pages)
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 India7 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.
9781315397092 1315397099 9781315397085 1315397080 9781315397078 1315397072 9781315397108 1315397102
10.4324/9781315397108 doi
Railroads--Social aspects--History.--India
Railroad travel--Social aspects--History.--India
India--Civilization--1765-1947.
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
HE3298 / .M85 2018eb
385.0954/09034