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 / Aparajita Mukhopadhyay. - pages cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781138226685 (hardback : alk. paper)
2017056528
Railroad travel--Social aspects--History.--India
Railroads--Social aspects--History.--India
India--Civilization--1765-1947.
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
HE3298 / .M85 2018
385.0954/09034
Imperial technology and 'native' agency : a social history of railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920 / Aparajita Mukhopadhyay. - pages cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781138226685 (hardback : alk. paper)
2017056528
Railroad travel--Social aspects--History.--India
Railroads--Social aspects--History.--India
India--Civilization--1765-1947.
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
HE3298 / .M85 2018
385.0954/09034