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The Science of Empire: Scientific Knowledge, Civilization, and Colonial Rule in India

The Science of Empire: Scientific Knowledge, Civilization, and Colonial Rule in India

Baber, Zaheer

Paperback

Series: Suny Science, Technology, and Society

Sports GeneralHistory & Philosophy of ScienceIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 0791429202
ISBN13: 9780791429204
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: May 16 1996
Pages: 310
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.91 Depth: 9.03
Language: English

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.

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