Everyday Technology: Machines and the Making of India's Modernity
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The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
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David Arnold., & David Arnold|AUTHOR. (2013). Everyday Technology: Machines and the Making of India's Modernity . The University of Chicago Press.
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