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The Science of Empire

By Zaheer Baber

The Science of Empire General education

The Science of Empire

By Zaheer Baber

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Investigates the complex social processes involved in the introduction and institutionalization of Western science in colonial India. In Science, Civilization, and Empire in India, 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 pre-colonial 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
310
Release Date:
1996-05-16
Publication Date:
1996-05-16
Publisher:
SUNY Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0791429202
ISBN13:
9780791429204
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
506 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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