| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 298 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
SUNY series in science, technology, and society
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SUNY series in science, technology, and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-287) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Science, Technology, and Social Structure in Ancient India -- 3. Science, Technology, and Society in Medieval India -- 4. The Origins of British Colonial Rule -- 5. Scientific Solutions for Colonial Problems -- 6. Science, Technology and Colonial Power -- 7. Conclusions: Science, Technology and Ecological Limits. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
British Occupation of India (India : 1765-1947) |
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Science -- Social aspects -- India -- History.
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Science -- Social aspects. |
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India. |
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History. |
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Technology -- Social aspects -- India -- History.
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Technology -- Social aspects. |
| Chronological Term |
1765-1947 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Geschiedenis (vorm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baber, Zaheer. Science of empire. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1996 0791429202 (DLC) 95030116 (OCoLC)32703777 |
| ISBN |
0585036071 (electronic book) |
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9780585036076 (electronic book) |
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0791429202 |
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0791429199 |
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9780791429204 (paperback) |
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0791429299 |
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