Chapter ID: CBB001023235

Exact Sciences and Colonialism: Southern India in 1900 (2010)

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Authors & Contributors
Beattie, James
Kumar, Siva Prashant
Chandra, Gautam
Geetashree Singh
Sinha, Nitin
Wagner, Kim A.
Journals
Indian Journal of History of Science
Environment and History
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
History Workshop Journal
Health and History
British Journal for the History of Science
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
University of Rochester Press
Univ. Chicago Press
Rutgers University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Great Britain, colonies
Colonialism
Imperialism
Science and race
Science and government
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
People
Roth, Walter Edmund
Roth, Henry Ling
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
Enlightenment
20th century
17th century
Places
India
Great Britain
South Africa
Europe
Australia
Brazil
Institutions
East India Company (English)
British East India Company
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