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.