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Social History of Science in Colonial India (2007)

Habib, S. Irfan (Editor)
Raina, Dhruv (Editor)
Baber, Zaheer (Editor)

Oxford University Press
Publication date: 2007
Language: English

ISBN: 9780195681574

Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xl + 395 pp.; bibl.

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Review Harrison, Mark (2009-10) Review of "Social History of Science in Colonial India". Journal of Social History (p. 238). unapi

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Chapter Panikkar, K. N. (2007) Cultural Trends in Precolonial India: An Overview. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

Chapter Edney, Matthew H. (2007) The Ideologies and Practices of Mapping and Imperialism. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

Chapter Sen, S. N. (2007) The Character of the Introduction of Western Science in India during the Eighteenth and the Nineteenth Centuries. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

Chapter Raj, Kapil (2007) Colonial Encounters and the Forging of New Knowledge and National Identities: Great Britain and India, 1760--1850. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

Chapter Baber, Zaheer (2007) Science, Technology, and Colonial Power. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

Chapter Dionne, Russell; Macleod, Roy (2007) Science and Policy in British India, 1858--1914: Perspectives on a Persisting Belief. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

Chapter Inkster, Ian (2007) Science, Technology, and Imperialism in India. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

Chapter Habib, S. Irfan; Raina, Dhruv (2007) Copernicus, Columbus, Colonialism, and the Role of Science in Nineteenth-Century India. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

Chapter Prakash, Gyan (2007) The Image of the Archaic. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

Chapter Vsvanathan, Shiv (2007) The Rise of Industrial Research. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

Chapter Dasgupta, Subrata (2007) Response to Western Science: Failures and Successes. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

Chapter Kumar, Deepak (2007) Reconstructing India: Disunity in the Science and Technology for Development Discourse, 1900--47. In: Social History of Science in Colonial India. unapi

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