ISBN:
9780520276130
,
9780520276147
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 341 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
DDC:
962.04
Keywords:
Time Social aspects
;
Time perception Social aspects
;
Technology Social aspects
;
Miṣr
;
Ägypten
;
Technik
;
Entwicklung
;
Innovation
;
Fortschritt
;
sozialer Aspekt
;
Geschichte
;
Kolonialismus
;
Zeitwahrnehmung
;
Zeitempfindung
;
Egypt History British occupation, 1882-1936
;
Egypt Social conditions 19th century
;
Egypt Social conditions 20th century
;
Ägypten
;
Technik
;
Entwicklung
;
Innovation
;
Fortschritt
;
Geschichte
;
Kolonialismus
;
Zeitwahrnehmung
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: another time? -- En route -- Double standards -- Effendi hauntologies -- Harmonization and its discords -- The urban politics of slowness -- Counterclockwise revolution -- On hold -- Conclusion: countertemporality.
Note:
Revised version of the author's dissertation--New York University, 2009
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
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