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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 Indi...
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oapen-20.500.12657-295562021-11-12T15:58:07Z Imperial Technology and 'Native' Agency Mukhopadhyay, Aparajita History Bengal Bengali language Bengalis Colonial India Colonialism Hinduism India Indian Railways Rail transport 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. 2018-08-30 23:55 2020-03-17 03:00:33 2020-04-01T12:32:09Z 2020-04-01T12:32:09Z 2017-11-28 book 1000377 OCN: 1076777955 9781315397108 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29556 eng application/pdf n/a 1000377.pdf Taylor & Francis 100812 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781315397108 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 100812 KU Select 2017: Front list Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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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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