Science and the Raj

Science and the Raj: a study of British India

by Kumar, Deepak

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To what extent were colonial scientific knowledge or discourses used to achieve political and cultural goals? How did the recipient culture appropriate or redefine the metropolitan ideology of science? This book investigates some key questions related to British scientific encounters with India, exploring the link between science technology and the process of colonisation in the context of British India.

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  • Full title :Science and the Raj : a study of British India / Deepak Kumar.

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To what extent were colonial scientific knowledge or discourses used to achieve political and cultural goals? How did the recipient culture appropriate or redefine the metropolitan ideology of science? This book investigates some key questions related to British scientific encounters with India, exploring the link between science technology and the process of colonisation in the context of British India.

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  • Publication Date:2006.
  • Edition:2nd ed

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Previous edition: 1995.

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  • Description:xix, 309 Seiten

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Geschichte 1817-1947 Indien Naturwissenschaften

Writers

Kumar, Deepak

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