Barak, On.

On time : technology and temporality in modern Egypt / On Barak. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013. - xiii, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Revised version of the author's dissertation--New York University, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-334) and index.

Introduction: another time? -- En route -- Double standards -- Effendi hauntologies -- Harmonization and its discords -- The urban politics of slowness -- Counterclockwise revolution -- On hold -- Conclusion: countertemporality.

9780520276147 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Time--Social aspects--Egypt.
Time perception--Social aspects--Egypt.
Technology--Social aspects--Egypt.


Egypt--History--British occupation, 1882-1936.
Egypt--Social conditions--19th century.
Egypt--Social conditions--20th century.

962.04 BAR