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Edges of Empire

KNW 2399: Edges of Empire

October 29, 2015
by Thomas Merritt
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The Railroad to Opression

http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/eaa/id/43 I think railroads are a great symbol for colonization. They symbolize the oppression and exploitation that comes with colonization. This is a Bengal-Nagpur Railway Construction, Photograph No. 18 from the Bengal-Nagpur Railway Construction collection. The year it was taken … Continue reading

October 29, 2015
by Brian Schoelzel
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A Railroad Between Two Cultures

http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/eaa/id/1473 This image was created by Townshend Phot, and is one part of a 45-piece album that depicts the construction of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway between the years of 1890 and 1897. The scene shows a group of men both Indian … Continue reading

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