ISBN:
0226922030
,
1299605176
,
9780226922034
,
9781299605176
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource
Serie:
Science.culture
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Arnold, David, 1946- Everyday technology
DDC:
303.48/30954
Schlagwort(e):
Technology History
;
Technology transfer
;
SCIENCE ; Philosophy & Social Aspects
;
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Social Aspects
;
Social conditions
;
Technology
;
Technology transfer
;
History
;
India Social conditions
;
India
;
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
India's technological imaginary -- Modernizing goods -- Technology, race, and gender -- Swadeshi machines -- Technology and well-being -- Everyday technology and the modern state -- The god of small things
Kurzfassung:
In 1909 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, on his way back to South Africa from London, wrote his now celebrated tract Hind Swaraj, laying out his vision for the future of India and famously rejecting the technological innovations of Western civilization. Despite his protestations, Western technology endured and helped to make India one of the leading economies in our globalized world. Few would question the dominant role that technology plays in modern life, but to fully understand how India first advanced into technological modernity, argues David Arnold, we must consider the technology
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
