Science And Technology In Colonial India

Author : David Arnold
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0521563194

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Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India by David Arnold Pdf

Interest in the science, technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence, David Arnold's wide-ranging and analytical survey demonstrates the importance of examining the role of science, technology and medicine in conjunction with the development of the British engagement in India and in the formation of Indian responses to western intervention. One of the first works to analyse the colonial era as a whole from the perspective of science, the book investigates the relationship between Indian and western science, the nature of science, technology and medicine under the Company, the creation of state-scientific services, 'imperial science' and the rise of an Indian scientific community, the impact of scientific and medical research and the dilemmas of nationalist science.

Author : S. Irfan Habib,Zaheer Baber
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015073872742

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Social History of Science in Colonial India by S. Irfan Habib,Zaheer Baber Pdf

Can science be seen as the flag bearer of the 'civilizing mission' dispelling the darkness of centuries of superstition? Did the installation of new technological systems displace ancient primitive techniques? Rejecting the simplistic notion of transmission of science and technology, this reader argues for a variety of perspectives. Part of the prestigious Themes in Indian History series, it provides an excellent introduction to the world of science and technology in colonial India. Departing from the standard practice of seeing science as a cultural universal, Social History of Science emphasizes the need for redrawing boundaries long taken for granted. It investigates how modern science - considered as a pristine Western cultural import - was reconstituted in the encounter with other ways of knowing and acting on the world. Bringing together some of the finest writings - even rare - on the subject, this volume highlights the multiplicity of historiogaphic positions on colonial science and the changing landscapes for the study of science in South Asia. The contributors approach issues related to science and colonialism from a variety of scientific disciplines. They engage with the drift produced by the entanglement of science and values and the complicity of the scientific project in that of imperialism.

Author : Zaheer Baber
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0791429202

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The Science of Empire by Zaheer Baber Pdf

Investigates the complex social processes involved in the introduction and institutionalization of Western science in colonial India.

Author : Kamlesh Mohan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : India
ISBN : 935002280X

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Science and Technology in Colonial India by Kamlesh Mohan Pdf

Author : Kamlesh Mohan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000780567

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Science and Technology in Colonial India by Kamlesh Mohan Pdf

This book is a significant contribution to the socio-political history of science and technology in India, combining a wholistic perspective with a strong regional flavour. It revolves around two basic issues. First is the role of science and technology in empire-building in Asia, specifically in India, and financing its maintenance through maximum exploitation of its human, natural, agricultural and other resources by launching and executing a number of exploratory projects, termed as ‘field sciences’. Such an imperial focus was undergirded by a crucial objective; the acquisition of hegemony through social control based on intimate knowledge of horizontal and vertical divisions in lndian society around the axes of religion and caste. Formalised as colonial ethnography by the administrators, it was institutionalised as a discipline in the British universities. Second concerns the decoding of the complex response of the Indian intelligentsia including the English-educated as well as the experts and advocates of classical and regional languages which were the key to indigenous knowledge in indigenous sciences, arts and literature. The book also discusses the innovative use of print technology by Arya Samaj in recasting Hindu consciousness and its alternative of seeking historical guidelines in the past.

Author : Suvobrata Sarkar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000485004

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History of Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine in India by Suvobrata Sarkar Pdf

This volume studies the concept and relevance of HISTEM (History of Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine) in shaping the histories of colonial and postcolonial South Asia. Tracing its evolution from the establishment of the East India Company through to the early decades after the Independence of India, it highlights the ways in which the discipline has changed over the years and examines the various influences that have shaped it. Drawing on extensive case studies, the book offers valuable insights into diverse themes such as the East–West encounter, appropriation of new knowledge, science in translation and communication, electricity and urbanization, the colonial context of engineering education, science of hydrology, oil and imperialism, epidemic and empire, vernacular medicine, gender and medicine, as well as environment and sustainable development in the colonial and postcolonial milieu. An indispensable text on South Asia’s experience of modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asian studies, modern Indian history, sociology, history of science, cultural studies, colonialism, as well as studies on Science, Technology, and Society (STS).

Author : Zaheer Baber
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0791429199

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The Science of Empire by Zaheer Baber Pdf

Investigates the complex social processes involved in the introduction and institutionalization of Western science in colonial India.

Author : Jagdish Sinha
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047433347

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Science, War and Imperialism by Jagdish Sinha Pdf

This is the first integrated and in-depth study of the state of science during the Second World War in India. Drawing on a variety of sources, it examines the impact of the war on science under colonial conditions and its consequences for India in transition from bondage to freedom.

Author : David Arnold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0511089686

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The New Cambridge History of India by David Arnold Pdf

From the start of East India Company rule to Independence, this analytical study demonstrates the importance of examining the role of science, technology and medicine in conjunction with the development of the British engagement in India.

Author : Pratik Chakrabarti
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 8178240785

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Western Science in Modern India by Pratik Chakrabarti Pdf

The Book Is About Western Science In A Olonial World. It Asks: How Do We Understand The Transfer And Absorption Of Scientific Knowledge Across Diverse Cultures, From One Society To Another? This Monograph Will Interest Scientists, Historians And Sociologists, As Well As Students Of Imperialism And The History Of Ideas.

Author : Diana Vegner
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783346032478

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The Initiation of Engineering Education in Colonial India and the "Colonial Way" of Understanding Science by Diana Vegner Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Social Studies (General), grade: 1,3, University of Kassel (FB05-Gesellschaftswissenschaften), course: Nature, Science & Empire in Colonial India, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the ways in which the implementation of different kinds of science innovations had been done in the British Raj between 1858-1947. This period was powerfully influenced by new creations from the European and Indian people within the system of Colonial rule. The paper traces and compares the different understanding of science and technology. Therefore, it will contrast the relationship of science between Indians and English people. In order to comprehend “colonial science”, it is first of all important to understand the development and knowledge of local traditional (or indigenous) and European (especially the British) understanding and knowledge of science. The paper seeks to give a precise answer to the reason why the development of technology and science was so vital then. The next main part deals with engineering teaching and learning and how the Indian caste system contributes to the participation of Indian population in engineering science.

Author : Suvobrata Sarkar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108835985

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Let There Be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945 by Suvobrata Sarkar Pdf

This book studies the correlation between technological knowledge and industrial performance, with the focus on electricity, an emerging technology during 1880 and 1945.

Author : Somaditya Banerjee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317024705

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The Making of Modern Physics in Colonial India by Somaditya Banerjee Pdf

This monograph offers a cultural history of the development of physics in India during the first half of the twentieth century, focusing on Indian physicists Satyendranath Bose (1894-1974), Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970) and Meghnad Saha (1893-1956). The analytical category "bhadralok physics" is introduced to explore how it became possible for a highly successful brand of modern science to develop in a country that was still under colonial domination. The term Bhadralok refers to the then emerging group of native intelligentsia, who were identified by academic pursuits and manners. Exploring the forms of life of this social group allows a better understanding of the specific character of Indian modernity that, as exemplified by the work of bhadralok physicists, combined modern science with indigenous knowledge in an original program of scientific research. The three scientists achieved the most significant scientific successes in the new revolutionary field of quantum physics, with such internationally recognized accomplishments as the Saha ionization equation (1921), the famous Bose-Einstein statistics (1924), and the Raman Effect (1928), the latter discovery having led to the first ever Nobel Prize awarded to a scientist from Asia. This book analyzes the responses by Indian scientists to the radical concept of the light quantum, and their further development of this approach outside the purview of European authorities. The outlook of bhadralok physicists is characterized here as "cosmopolitan nationalism," which allows us to analyze how the group pursued modern science in conjunction with, and as an instrument of Indian national liberation.

Author : Smritikumar Sarkar
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 019809230X

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Technology and Rural Change in Eastern India, 1830-1980 by Smritikumar Sarkar Pdf

With Calcutta as the hub, eastern India was the gateway of technology transmission to India. This book explores the social history of this transmission, from the colonial metropolis to the interior, and analyses the context and results of technology induction to the villages. Based on local level sources, it also looks into why technology failed to accelerate development in India as against its impact in the West.

Author : Deepak Kumar
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015037285783

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Science and the Raj, 1857-1905 by Deepak Kumar Pdf

This book explores the links between science, technology and the process of colonization in the context of Victorian India. It begins with a study of the concept of colonial science and then moves on to early exploratory activities in this area; problems in science administration; science education; scientific researches; and Indian responses to all these activities. Colonial scientists had a dual mandate - to serve the state and to serve science. But as the colonial arteries hardened, science became a form of official knowledge, with official hierarchies and rituals. The evolution and progress of colonial science in India reveal a pattern which can be discerned. Science had an ideology, a string of institutions, and a set of committed people to serve very specific colonial ends. The questions asked are: what were the colonial postures in science? To what extent were scientific knowledge and discourses used to achieve political and cultural goals? How did the recipient culture appropriate or redefine the metropolitan ideology of science?