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Book/Printed Material Imperial technology and 'native' agency : a social history of railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920

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Title

  • Imperial technology and 'native' agency : a social history of railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920

Names

  • Mukhopadhyay, Aparajita, author.

Created / Published

  • London ; NewYork : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
  • ©2018

Contents

  • Introduction -- On right time: railway time and travel discipline in Colonial India -- A ticket to control: limits of railway travel discipline in Colonial India -- A shared space: contestation of station spaces and railway travel discipline in Colonial India -- Chariots of equality: travelling in railway carriages and social transformation in Colonial India -- To eat or not to eat: railway travel, commensality and social change in Colonial India -- A nation on the move: railway travel and conceptualisations of space in Colonial India -- Shared spaces, shifting identities: railway travel and notions of identity and community in Colonial India -- Conclusion.

Headings

  • -  Railroad travel--Social aspects--India--History
  • -  Railroads--Social aspects--India--History
  • -  India--Civilization--1765-1947
  • -  India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed 11/03/2020).

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HE3298

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020691224

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Mukhopadhyay, Aparajita, Author. Imperial technology and 'native' agency: a social history of railways in Colonial India, -1920. London ; NewYork: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, . ©, 2018. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020691224/.

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Mukhopadhyay, A. (2018) Imperial technology and 'native' agency: a social history of railways in Colonial India, -1920. London ; NewYork: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, . ©. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020691224/.

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Mukhopadhyay, Aparajita, Author. Imperial technology and 'native' agency: a social history of railways in Colonial India, -1920. London ; NewYork: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, . ©, 2018. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020691224/>.