Let there be Light
«'Readers dedicated to scientific modernity and national self-sufficiency in India will appreciate the confident way Sarkar presents evidence of local innovation and enterprise during colonial rule. Historians of technology working to overcome their discipline's bias for novelty and innovation will find much to disagree with. Both are good reasons to read this book, and those willing to look beyond the layers of modernist triumphalism will discover a wealth of empirical insights and thought-provoking arguments.' Jonas van der Straeten, Technology and Culture»
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. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781108835985
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«'Readers dedicated to scientific modernity and national self-sufficiency in India will appreciate the confident way Sarkar presents evidence of local innovation and enterprise during colonial rule. Historians of technology working to overcome their discipline's bias for novelty and innovation will find much to disagree with. Both are good reasons to read this book, and those willing to look beyond the layers of modernist triumphalism will discover a wealth of empirical insights and thought-provoking arguments.' Jonas van der Straeten, Technology and Culture»