Science and Technology in Colonial India

List of contents

1. The Colonial Ethnography: Imperial Pursuit of Knowledge for Hegemony in British India (Late Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century), 2. The Development of Modern Sciences in the Panjab University under Colonial Rule, 1882-1947, 3. Technology and Religion: Recasting Hindu Consciousness Through Print in India with Special Reference to the Punjab During the Nineteenth Century, 4. Ruchi Ram Sahni and the Pursuit of Science in a Colonial Society

About the author

Dr.Kamlesh Mohan, Professor and ex-Chairperson in the Department of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh, is well-known historian on Modern India. Besides her several research articles published in national and international journals, her major publications include Militant Nationalism in the Punjab (1985), Towards Gender History: Images, Identities and Roles of North Indian Women (2006), Punbjab de Hathiarband Sangharshdi Rashtri Sutantarta Andolan Duan Dain (2008), and Rameshwari Nehru (2013).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Kamlesh Mohan, Mohan Kamlesh
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.10.2022
• EAN: 9781032364797
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236479-7
• No. of pages: 164
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Science, environmental science, engineering & technology, Colonialism and imperialism, Engineering: general, Environmental science, engineering and technology, HISTORY / Asia / South / General