ISBN:
0585036071
,
0791429199
,
0791429202
,
9780585036076
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 298 p.)
Series Statement:
SUNY series in science, technology, and society
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.45/0954
Keywords:
British Occupation of India (1765-1947)
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1765 - 1947
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Tecnología / Aspectos sociales / India / Historia
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SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
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Wetenschappen
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Technologie
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Sociale aspecten
;
Koloniale politiek
;
Sciences / Aspect social / Inde / Histoire
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Technologie / Aspect social / Inde / Histoire
;
Wissenschaft
;
Geschichte
;
Technik
;
Kolonialismus
;
Technique / Aspect social / Inde
;
Sciences / Aspect social / Inde
;
Science / Social aspects
;
Technology / Social aspects
;
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Naturwissenschaft
;
Science Social aspects
;
History
;
Technology Social aspects
;
History
;
Technik
;
Kolonialismus
;
Wissenschaft
;
Geschichte
;
Indien
;
Großbritannien
;
Indien
;
Großbritannien
;
Kolonialismus
;
Indien
;
Geschichte
;
Indien
;
Technik
;
Geschichte
;
Indien
;
Wissenschaft
;
Geschichte
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-287) and index
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1. Introduction -- 2. Science, Technology, and Social Structure in Ancient India -- 3. Science, Technology, and Society in Medieval India -- 4. The Origins of British Colonial Rule -- 5. Scientific Solutions for Colonial Problems -- 6. Science, Technology and Colonial Power -- 7. Conclusions: Science, Technology and Ecological Limits
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"In The Science of Empire, Zaheer Baber analyzes the social context of the origins and development of science and technology in India from antiquity through colonialism to the modern period. The focus is on the two-way interaction between science and society: how specific social and cultural factors led to the emergence of specific scientific/technological knowledge systems and institutions that transformed the very social conditions that produced them. A key feature is the author's analysis of the role of precolonial trading circuits and other institutional factors in transmitting scientific and technological knowledge from India to other civilizational complexes. A significant portion represents an analysis of the role of modern science and technology in the consolidation of the British empire in India."--BOOK JACKET.
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