
Metallic Modern
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"This is a fascinating book, rich in ideas about what we do with technology's reception and reconstitution in the colonial world." ? South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies"...this a readable and valuable book that provides insights into commoners' encounter with modern consumerism and its complex socio-cultural significance in late colonial Sri Lanka." ? Itinerario
"This book is academically rich, analytically sophisticated and full of insightful interpretations that make it a valuable source for scholars and students from multiple disciplines. It will also be a pleasant read for those who are simply curious about the dusty machines that sacredly and majestically occupy a small corner of their grandparents' homes, still covered with a cloth." ? The International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter
"Once every few years, a book comes along to transform the study of modern South Asia: this is such a book...[It] is deeply scholarly and yet playful; it is both empirically thorough and rich with metaphor. The book is a model of a way of writing history-non-linear, allusive, braided together-that reflects its arguments and materials. Form and content work together perfectly, and this makes Metallic Modern a wonderful read: the book is as enjoyable as it is stimulating." ? Sunil Amrith, University of London
"This is a most engaging book from a well-known author... a timely contribution concerning an important subject that is attracting renewed and sustained interest from historians of late." ? Crispin Bates, University of Edinburgh
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Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Exploring Sri Lanka's modern: Multiple Loops of Belonging
Chapter 1. Following the Singer Sewing Machine: Fashioning a market in a British Crown Colony
Chapter 2. Creating a Market Imaginary
Chapter 3. Paths to a Buddhist modern: From Siam to America
Chapter 4. Gramophone. Soulful Sounds and Sacred Speeches
Chapter 5. An Asian Modern. Japan
Chapter 6. Trams, Cars, Bicycles: Modern Machines in the City
Chapter 7. A Tailor's Tale and Machines in the Home
Chapter 8. Working like Machines
Conclusion: Metallic Modern
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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