Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Preface. From Apparent Endings to Unknown Beginnings x
5. Acknowledgements xvii
6. List of Abbreviations xxi
7. Introduction. Methodological Musings, Analytical Signposts 1
8. Chapter 1. Retelling Railway Histories: Centring Labour 49
9. Chapter 2. Constructing Colonial Railway Networks in Malaya 79
10. Chapter 3. Work and Living Spaces of Malayan Railway Labour 120
11. Chapter 4. Mapping ‘Railwaymen Temples’ in Singapore and Malaysia 157
12. Chapter 5. Sojourning with Muṉīsvaraṉ the ‘Railway God’ 199
13. Chapter 6. Railways and Religion: Negotiating Colonial and Postcolonial Modernities 237
14. Conclusion. Sedimented, Intertwined Histories 277
15. Appendices 286
16. Glossary 307
17. Index 313