Science and the Raj, 1857-1905 (Oxford India Paperbacks) - Softcover

Kumar, Deepak

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195641949 ISBN 13: 9780195641943

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

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 of administration, education and research in science and the Indian response to these activities.

About this title

About the Author

Deepak Kumar is at National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi.

Review

`From the cloth edition: Deepak Kumar's close archival work helps set a new standard for the historiography of modern Indian science.'
Times Literary Supplement

`Deepak Kumar's close archival work helps set a new standard for the historiography of modern Indian science.'
Times Literary Supplement

`it is a measure of Kumar's contribution that Science and the Raj will provide a source of reference and inspiration for many years to come. The book is extensively researched and draws on a wide range of published and archival resources ... a major contribution to the history of science and
empire.'
Mark Harrison, Sheffield Hallam University, BJHS, Vol 30 - 1997

`Kumar has been one of the pioneers of the social and administrative history of science in India.'
John McKenzie, BJHS, Vol.33, 2000.

`Kumars ... research is very well grounded in primary sources and reflects the authors inclusive approach to the sciences.'
John McKenzie, BJHS, Vol.33, 2000.

`This book is a 'must' for historians of science and medicine ... the book is both empirically and conceptually well-grounded and therefore represents one of few existing publications in the area that manages to combine in-depth case-studies with a wider analytical perspective. One of
Kumpar's strengths is his apparent facility with conceptual issues. His deconstruction of a number of recent writings in the field of colonial science therefore guarantees a thought-provoking read.'
Waltraud Ernst, Social Hist. of Medicine, Vol.13, No.2, 2000.

`a book that constitutes a major contribution to a conceptually informed historiography of science in colonial India.'
Waltraud Ernst, Social Hist. of Medicine, Vol.13, No.2, 2000.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0195641949
• ISBN 13: 9780195641943
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288