Imperial Technology and ''Native'' Agency - A Social History of Railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920

This book examines the impact of railways on colonial Indian society in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century. It contributes to the wider debates on how far technology can propel social change, regardless of the political context of transmission. The author finds that the impact of railways was not as radical as is sometimes paint

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction;Chapter 1: On Right Time? Railway Time And Travel Discipline In Colonial India; Chapter 2: A Ticket To Control? Limits Of Railway Travel Discipline In Colonial India; Chapter 3: A Shared Space? Contestation Of Station Spaces And Railway Travel Discipline In Colonial India; Chapter 4: Chariots Of Equality? Travelling In Railway Carriages And Social Transformation In Colonial India; Chapter 5: To Eat Or Not To Eat? Railway Travel, Commensality And Social Change In Colonial India; Chapter 6: A Nation On The Move? Railway Travel And Conceptualisations Of Space In Colonial India; Chapter 7: Shared Spaces, Shifting Identities: Railway Travel And Notions Of Identity And Community In Colonial India; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Aparajita Mukhopadhyay is a history lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Summary

This book examines the impact of railways on colonial Indian society in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century. It contributes to the wider debates on how far technology can propel social change, regardless of the political context of transmission. The author finds that the impact of railways was not as radical as is sometimes paint

Product details

• Authors: Aparajita Mukhopadhyay, Aparajita (Salisbury University Mukhopadhyay, Mukhopadhyay Aparajita
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780367590987
• ISBN: 978-0-367-59098-7
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History, India, c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, Transport industries, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, C 1900 - C 1914, Railway transport industries, HISTORY / Asia / South / General