Let there be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945 (2021)
Sarkar, Suvobrata (Author)
Cambridge University Press
Physical Details: 308
Language: English
Social and economic history of science and technology has emerged as a major theme of interdisciplinary research in South Asian history since the late 1990s. This book studies the correlation between technological knowledge and industrial performance, with the focus on electricity, an emerging technology during 1880 and 1945. The arrival of electricity necessitated the introduction of new institutional facilities, and with the growth of technological system, a new business culture grew - there was demand for trained manpower to handle machines and better educational facilities. Taking a broad view of the subject, the narrative of this book is built around the historical experiences of the local Bengali-speaking population. Adopting the social constructionist model, Let There Be Light presents an amalgamation of archival and Indian language source materials to delineate the diverse nature of the appropriation of technological ideas into Indian culture.
...MoreReview Arindam Dutta (2022) Review of "Let there be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 884-885).
Review Jonas van der Straeten (April 2022) Review of "Let there be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945". Technology and Culture (pp. 550-551).
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