Everyday technology : machines and the making of India's modernity /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arnold, David, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]
Colección:Science.culture.
Temas:
Technology transfer > India.
Technology > India > History.
Transfert de technologie > Inde.
Technologie > Inde > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
Social conditions
Technology
Technology transfer
India > Social conditions.
Inde > Conditions sociales.
India
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • India's technological imaginary
  • Modernizing goods
  • Technology, race, and gender
  • Swadeshi machines
  • Technology and well-being
  • Everyday technology and the modern state
  • Epilogue: The god of small things.

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