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Edges of Empire

KNW 2399: Edges of Empire

October 29, 2015
by Geoff Lowe
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Connecting a Nation, More than Just Physically

http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/eaa/id/1506 Laying track for a railroad is obviously necessary, but it takes countless hours of hard labor. In this photograph, created by Townshend Phot. in 1890, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of people constructing the framework for a railroad. … Continue reading

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

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