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Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India

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Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India Synopsis

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.

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ISBN: 9780521563192
Publication date: 20th April 2000
Author: David (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Arnold
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 248 pages
Series: The New Cambridge History of India
Genres: Asian history