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Imperial Technology and 'Native' Agency : a Social History of Railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920.

By: Mukhopadhyay, AparajitaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Milton : Routledge, 2018Description: 1 online resource (255 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781315397092; 1315397099; 9781315397085; 1315397080; 9781315397078; 1315397072; 9781315397108; 1315397102Subject(s): Railroads -- Social aspects -- India -- History | Railroad travel -- Social aspects -- India -- History | India -- Civilization -- 1765-1947 | India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947DDC classification: 385.0954/09034 LOC classification: HE3298 | .M85 2018ebOnline access: Taylor & Francis | Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement
Contents:
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.
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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 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.

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