Tracks of Change

Tracks of Change

Author: Ritika Prasad

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-05-12

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1316033619

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From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, railways became increasingly important in the lives of a growing number of Indians. While allowing millions to collectively experience the endemic discomforts of third-class travel, the public opportunities for proximity and contact created by railways simultaneously compelled colonial society to confront questions about exclusion, difference, and community. It was not only passengers, however, who were affected by the transformations that railways wrought. Even without boarding a train, one could see railway tracks and embankments reshaping familiar landscapes, realise that train schedules represented new temporal structures, fear that spreading railway links increased the reach of contagion, and participate in new forms of popular politics focused around railway spaces. Tracks of Change explores how railway technology, travel, and infrastructure became increasingly woven into everyday life in colonial India, how people negotiated with the growing presence of railways, and how this process has shaped India's history.


India ...

India ...

Author: India. Director of Public Information

Publisher:

Published: 1919

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13:

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GSSCORE Concept Mapping Workbook Geography: The Ultimate Guide to Cover Concepts through MCQs for Civil Services, State PCS & Other Competitive Examinations

GSSCORE Concept Mapping Workbook Geography: The Ultimate Guide to Cover Concepts through MCQs for Civil Services, State PCS & Other Competitive Examinations

Author: Manoj K. Jha

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

Published: 2023-05-11

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 935521779X

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—Public Service Examinations across the Board in India offers immense opportunity for young talent to secure not only employment at prestigious positions but also gives them the chance to serve the nation in various capacities. —These examinations are of a highly diverse nature as they test the candidates on diverse subjects, further spanning multiple dimensions largely the subjects related to Polity, Economy, History, Geography, Science and Technology, environmental sciences and miscellaneous topics like sports, awards and other events of national and international importance. —All of this demand not only to study of these varied subjects but also practice in tackling the questions which are asked in the examination. Highlights of the Book Approach towards the subject — The book introduces you to the subject and the way in which this subject should be approached in order to score maximum. Micro Detailing of the Syllabus— The entire UPSC CSE syllabus has been clubbed into broad themes and each theme will be covered with the help of MCQs. Chronological Arrangement of Theme Based Questions— The various identified themes are arranged chronologically so that the entire Syllabus of a subject is roped in a logical line. Last Minute Concept Revision— The end of the book contains the summary of important concepts related to the subject which can be used as your effective revision notes. About GS SCORE— GS SCORE has been home to numerous toppers of UPSC's prestigious Civil Services Examination. Learning at GS SCORE is driven by two predominant objectives i.e. excellence and empowerment.


A Guide to the Sources of British Military History

A Guide to the Sources of British Military History

Author: Robin HIgham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 655

ISBN-13: 1317390210

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Designed to fill an overlooked gap, this book, originally published in 1972, provides a single unified introduction to bibliographical sources of British military history. Moreover it includes guidance in a number of fields in which no similar source is available at all, giving information on how to obtain acess to special collections and private archives, and links military history, especially during peacetime, with the development of science and technology.