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On Time: Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt
On Time Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt
Author: On Barak
In this pioneering history of transportation and communication in the modern Middle East, On Barak argues that contrary to accepted wisdom technological modernity in Egypt did not drive a sense of time focused on standardization only. Surprisingly, the introduction of the steamer, railway, telegraph, tramway, and telephone in colonial Egypt actu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520276147
ISBN-10: 0520276140
Publication Date: 8/5/2013
Pages: 364
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
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