Chapter ID: CBB001023235

Exact Sciences and Colonialism: Southern India in 1900 (2010)

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Schaffer, Simon (Author)


Pages: 121-140
Publication date: 2010
Language: English


Description Looks at the practices of astrophysics and anthropology.


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Book Epple, Moritz; Zittel, Claus (2010) Science as Cultural Practice. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Beattie, James
Aspengren, Henrik C.
Axelby, Richard
Bala, Poonam
Basu, Amit Ranjan
Chakrabarti, Pratik
Journals
Environment and History
Indian Journal of History of Science
British Journal for the History of Science
Health and History
History Workshop Journal
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
Left Coast Press
Lexington Books
Palgrave Macmillan
Concepts
Great Britain, colonies
Colonialism
Imperialism
Science and race
Science and government
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
People
Roth, Henry Ling
Roth, Walter Edmund
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
16th century
17th century
Places
India
Great Britain
Brazil
Australia
Europe
South Africa
Institutions
British East India Company
Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, England
East India Company (English)
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