Barak, On, author.

On time : technology and temporality in modern Egypt / On Barak.

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013.

xiii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"In this pioneering history of transportation and communication in the modern Middle East, On Barak argues that, contrary to accepted wisdom, technological change in Egypt did not drive a sense of time focused on standardization only. Rather, the introduction of the steamer, railway, telegraph, tramway, and telephone in colonial Egypt actually triggered the development of unique timekeeping practices that subverted the typical Western infatuation with expediency and promptness. These countertempos, predicated on uneasiness over "dehumanizing" European standards of efficiency, sprang from and contributed to nonlinean modes of arranging time."--Page 4 of cover.

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Time Social aspects Egypt.
Time perception Social aspects Egypt.
Technology Social aspects Egypt.
Temps Aspect social Égypte.
Perception du temps Aspect social Égypte.
Social conditions
Technology Social aspects.
Time perception Social aspects.
Time Social aspects.
Entwicklung
Fortschritt
Innovation
Kolonialismus
Sozialer Wandel
Technik
Technische Innovation
Zeitwahrnehmung
Geschichte
Egypt History British occupation, 1882-1936.
Egypt Social conditions 19th century.
Egypt Social conditions 20th century.
Égypte Histoire 1882-1936 (Occupation britannique)
Égypte Conditions sociales 19e siècle.
Égypte Conditions sociales 20e siècle.
Egypt.
Ägypten

Theses.
History.

Location: Library main 300204
Call No.: BIB 246375
Status: Available