Imperial technology and 'native' agency : : a social history of railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920 / / Aparajita Mukhopadhyay.
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 In...
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Mukhopadhyay, Aparajita, author. Imperial technology and 'native' agency : a social history of railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920 / Aparajita Mukhopadhyay. London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. ©2018 1 online resource (255 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. 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 Indian railway travellers in Bengali and Hindi, this book suggests that the impact of railways on colonial Indian society were more heterogeneous and complex than anticipated either by India's colonial railway builders or currently assumed by post-colonial scholars. CC BY-NC-ND English Knowledge Unlatched Unrestricted online access star Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed January 29, 2024). Railroads Social aspects India History. Railroad travel Social aspects India History. India Civilization 1765-1947. India History British occupation, 1765-1947. 1-138-22668-8 |
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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. |
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