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The Science of Empire: Scientific Knowledge, Civilization, and Colonial Rule in India Hardback - 1996

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.

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  • Title The Science of Empire: Scientific Knowledge, Civilization, and Colonial Rule in India
  • Author Zaheer Baber
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 310
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press
  • Publication date 1996-05
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780791429198 / 0791429199
  • Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.31 x 6.33 x 0.77 in (23.65 x 16.08 x 1.96 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Indian
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 95030116
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.45

About the author

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

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