Tracking Modernity

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Tracking Modernity

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Author : Marian Aguiar
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2011

Tracking Modernity written by Marian Aguiar and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Social Science categories.

The ubiquitous railway as a symbol of the tensions of Indian modernity.

Colonial Origins Of Modernity In India

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Author : Sagar Simlandy, Keshab Chandra Ghosh
language : en
Publisher: BFC Publications
Release Date : 2022-09-10

Colonial Origins Of Modernity In India written by Sagar Simlandy, Keshab Chandra Ghosh and has been published by BFC Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-10 with History categories.

Our main discussion in this book Indian society, polity and culture of the colonial period. Indian society in the 19th century was caught in an inhuman web created by religious superstition and social obscuration. Hinduism, has become a compound of magic, animation and superstition and monstrous rites like animal sacrifice and physical torture had replaced the worship of God. The most painful was position of women. The British conquest and dissemination colonial culture and ideology led to introspection about the strength and weakness of indigenous culture and civilization. The social reform movements which emerged in India in the 19th century arose to the challenges that colonial Indian society faced. The well-known issues are that of sati, child marriage, ban on widow remarriage and caste discrimination. It is not that attempts were not made to fight social discrimination in pre-colonial India. They were central to Buddhism, to Bhakti and Sufi movements. What marked these 19th century social reform attempts were the modern context and mix of ideas. It was a creative combination of modern ideas of western liberalism and a new look on traditional literature.We hope that students will benefited a lot from reading this book.

Tracks Of Change

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Author : Ritika Prasad
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-05-12

Tracks Of Change written by Ritika Prasad and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-12 with History categories.

This book shows how railway technology, travel, and infrastructure became increasingly and inextricably woven into everyday life in colonial South Asia.

Made Modern

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Author : Edward Jones-Imhotep
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2018-12-14

Made Modern written by Edward Jones-Imhotep and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-14 with History categories.

Science and technology have shaped not only economic empires and industrial landscapes, but also the identities, anxieties, and understandings of people living in modern times. Made Modern: Science and Technology in Canadian History draws together leading scholars from a wide range of fields to enrich our understanding of history inside and outside Canada’s borders. The book’s chapters examine how science and technology have allowed Canadians to imagine and reinvent themselves as modern. Focusing on topics including exploration, scientific rationality, the occult, medical instruments, patents, communication, and infrastructure, the contributors situate Canadian scientific and technological developments within larger national and transnational contexts. The first major collection of its kind in thirty years, Made Modern explores the place of science and technology in shaping Canadians’ experience of themselves and their place in the modern world.

The Dangerous Art Of Text Mining

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Author : Jo Guldi
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-10-05

The Dangerous Art Of Text Mining written by Jo Guldi and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-05 with Computers categories.

Shows how text mining - the art of counting words over time - spurs insights into politics, culture, and historical change.

A World History Of Railway Cultures 1830 1930

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Author : Matthew Esposito
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-01-03

A World History Of Railway Cultures 1830 1930 written by Matthew Esposito and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-03 with History categories.

This 4-volume collection is the first compilation of primary sources to historicize the cultural impact of railways on a global scale from their inception in Great Britain to the Great Depression. Gathered together are over 200 rare out-of-print published and unpublished materials from archival and digital repositories throughout the world. Organized by historical geography, the second volume spans the British Empire.

Ghana On The Go

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Author : Jennifer Hart
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2016-10-03

Ghana On The Go written by Jennifer Hart and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-03 with History categories.

As early as the 1910s, African drivers in colonial Ghana understood the possibilities that using imported motor transport could further the social and economic agendas of a diverse array of local agents, including chiefs, farmers, traders, fishermen, and urban workers. Jennifer Hart's powerful narrative of auto-mobility shows how drivers built on old trade routes to increase the speed and scale of motorized travel. Hart reveals that new forms of labor migration, economic enterprise, cultural production, and social practice were defined by autonomy and mobility and thus shaped the practices and values that formed the foundations of Ghanaian society today. Focusing on the everyday lives of individuals who participated in this century of social, cultural, and technological change, Hart comes to a more sensitive understanding of the ways in which these individuals made new technology meaningful to their local communities and associated it with their future aspirations.

The Great Indian Railways

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Author : Arup K. Chatterjee
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-01-25

The Great Indian Railways written by Arup K. Chatterjee and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-25 with Transportation categories.

Following an experimental railway track at Chintadripet, in 1835, the battle for India's first railroad was fought bitterly between John Chapman's Great Indian Peninsular Railway and Rowland MacDonald Stephenson's East India Railway Company, which was merged with Dwarkanauth Tagore's Great Western of Bengal Railway. Even at the height of the Mutiny of 1857, Bahadur Shah Zafar promised Indian owned railway tracks for native merchants if Badshahi rule was restored in Delhi. From Jules Verne to Rudyard Kipling to Mark Twain to Rabindranath Tagore to Nirad C. Chaudhuri to R.K. Narayan and Ruskin Bond-the aura of Indian trains and railway stations have enchanted many writers and poets. With iconic cinematography from The Apu Trilogy, Aradhana, Sonar Kella, Sholay, Gandhi, Dil Se, Parineeta, Barfi, Gangs of Wasseypur, and numerous others, Indian cinema has paved the way for mythical railroads in the national psyche. The Great Indian Railways takes us on a historic adventure through many junctions of India's hidden railway legends, for the first time in a book replete with anecdotes from imperial politics, European and Indian accounts, the battlefronts of the Indian nationalist movement, Indian cinema, songs, advertisements, and much more, in an ever-expanding cultural biography of the Great Indian Railways. Dubbed as 'one of a kind' this awe-inspiring saga is 'compulsive reading.' 'In this fascinating cultural history, Arup K Chatterjee charts the extraordinary journey of the Indian Railways, from the laying of the very first sleeper to the first post-Independence bogey. It evokes our collective accumulation of those innumerable memories of platform chai and rail-gaadi stories, bringing alive through myriad voices and tales the biography of one of India's defining public institutions.' – Shashi Tharoor, Author, M.P., Lok Sabha 'The Great Indian Railways is a fascinating and well-researched cultural biography of the Indian Railways-those intricate arteries of the soul of India, as have been experienced, written, filmed, and dreamed. We cannot all travel by rail to know India, as Gandhiji did, but we can and should read this book!' – Tabish Khair, Author, Professor

27 Down

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Author : Ian J. Kerr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

27 Down written by Ian J. Kerr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Railroads categories.

Contributed articles on railroads in India.

The Middle East South Asia Folklore Bulletin

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001

The Middle East South Asia Folklore Bulletin written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Folklore categories.