Imperial Technology and 'Native' Agency A Social History of Railways in Colonial India, 1850-1920
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...
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| বিন্যাস: | বৈদ্যুতিক গ্রন্থের অধ্যায় |
| ভাষা: | ইংরেজি |
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Taylor & Francis
2017
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| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | 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. |
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| আইসবিএন: | 9781315397108 |
| প্রবেশাধিকার: | Open Access |