The Science of Empire: Scientific Knowledge, Civilization, and Colonial Rule in India (S U N Y Series in Science, Technology, and Society) - Softcover

Baber, Zaheer

 
9780791429204: The Science of Empire: Scientific Knowledge, Civilization, and Colonial Rule in India (S U N Y Series in Science, Technology, and Society)
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ISBN 10: 0791429202 ISBN 13: 9780791429204
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1996

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Zaheer Baber is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.

From the Back Cover

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.

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0791429202
ISBN 13 
9780791429204
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
318

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