The science of empire : scientific knowledge, civilization, and colonial rule in India /

"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 fa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baber, Zaheer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, Ã1996.
Colección:SUNY series in science, technology, and society.
Temas:
1765-1947
Science > Social aspects > India > History.
Technology > Social aspects > India > History.
Sciences > Aspect social > Inde > Histoire.
Technologie > Aspect social > Inde > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Science > Social aspects.
Technology > Social aspects.
Wissenschaft
Geschichte
Technik
Kolonialismus
Wetenschappen.
Technologie.
Sociale aspecten.
Koloniale politiek.
Ethnic & Race Studies.
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
Social Sciences.
Technique > Aspect social > Inde.
Sciences > Aspect social > Inde.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
Inde > Histoire > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
India.
Indien
Groḃritannien
Inde > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
GroÈbritannien.
History.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 298 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-287) and index.
ISBN:0585036071
9780585036076

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