On Time : Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt /

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In this pioneering history of transportation and communication in the modern Middle East, On Barak argues that contrary to accepted wisdom technological modernity in Egypt did not drive a sense of time focused on standardization only. Surprisingly, the introduction of the steamer, railway, telegraph...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barak, On
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Temps > Aspect social > Égypte.
Perception du temps > Aspect social > Égypte.
Time > Social aspects.
Time perception > Social aspects.
Technology > Social aspects.
Social conditions
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
HISTORY > Middle East > Egypt.
Technology > Social aspects > Egypt.
Time perception > Social aspects > Egypt.
Time > Social aspects > Egypt.
Égypte > Histoire > 1882-1936 (Occupation britannique)
Égypte > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Égypte > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Egypt.
Egypt > Social conditions > 20th century.
Egypt > Social conditions > 19th century.
Egypt > History > British occupation, 1882-1936.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: another time?
  • En route
  • Double standards
  • Effendi hauntologies
  • Harmonization and its discords
  • The urban politics of slowness
  • Counterclockwise revolution
  • On hold
  • Conclusion: countertemporality.

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