Metallic modern : everyday machines in Colonial Sri Lanka
Nira Wickramasinghe
| Year of publication: |
2014
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| Authors: | Wickramasinghe, Nira |
| Publisher: |
Colombo : Social Scientists' Association |
| Subject: | Technischer Fortschritt | Technological change | Kolonialismus | Colonialism | Sri Lanka | Technik | Geschichte 1890-1917 | 1890-1917 |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | X, 181 S. Ill. |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index List of illustrationsPreface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Exploring Sri Lanka's modern : multiple loops of belonging -- Following the Singer sewing machine : fashioning a market in a British crown colony -- Creating a market imaginary -- Paths to a Buddhist modern : from Siam to America -- The gramophone : soulful sounds and sacred speeches -- An Asian modern : Japan -- Trams, cars, bicycles : modern machines in the city -- A tailor's tale and machines in the home -- Working like machines -- Conclusion: metallic modern -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| ISBN: | 978-955-0762-30-9 |
| Classification: | Technikgeschichte |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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