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Science, technology and medicine in Colonial India /

From the start of East India Company rule to Independence, this analytical study demonstrates the importance of examining the role of science, technology and medicine in conjunction with the development of the British engagement in India.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Arnold, David, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:New Cambridge history of India ; III, 5.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: science, colonialism and modernity
  • Science under the company
  • Western medicine in an Indian environment
  • Technologies of the steam age
  • Imperial science and the Indian scientific community
  • Science, state and nation
  • Conclusion
  • Biographical notes
  • Bibliographical essay
  • Index.