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

by Laura Bear

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 the construction of employee housing, Laura Bear explores the new public spaces and social relationships created by the railway bureaucracy. She then traces their influence on the formation of contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231140029
• ISBN13: 9780231140027
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.6"