Tracks of change : railways and everyday life in colonial India /

"Discusses how railway technology, travel, and infrastructure became increasingly and inextricably woven with everyday life in colonial South Asia, how people negotiated this increasing presence of railways in their lives, and how the ensuing processes has materially shaped South Asia's pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prasad, Ritika, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Daryaganj, Delhi, India : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Temas:
1765-1947
Railroads > Social aspects > India > History.
Railroad travel > Social aspects > India > History.
Social change > India > History.
Voyages en train > Aspect social > Inde > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > Pictorial.
Manners and customs
Railroads > Social aspects
Social change
Social conditions
India > Social life and customs.
India > Social conditions.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
Inde > Mœurs et coutumes.
Inde > Conditions sociales.
Inde > Histoire > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
India
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The nature of the beast? : an elementary logic for third-class travel
  • Experiencing the third-class
  • Demand and supply? : railway space and social taxonomy
  • Crime and punishment : in the shadow of railway embankments
  • Railway time : speed, synchronization, and "time-sense"
  • Contagion and control : managing disease, epidemics, and mobility
  • Designing rule : power, efficiency, and anxiety
  • Marking citizen from denizen : dissent, "rogues," and rupture.

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