Lines of the Nation: Indian Railway Workers, Bureaucracy, and the Intimate Historical Self by Laura Bear

Lines of the Nation: Indian Railway Workers, Bureaucracy, and the Intimate Historical Self

Cultures of History

Laura Bear

346 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

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"Lines of the Nation" radically recasts the history of the Indian railways, which have long been regarded as vectors of modernity and economic prosperity. From the design of carriages to the architecture of stations, employment hierarchies, and th...

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