Swadeshi Enterprise in Bengal, 1880-1920
Author: Amit Bhattacharyya
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 366
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Swadeshi Enterprise in Bengal, 1900-1920
Author: Amit Bhattacharyya
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 318
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKLet There Be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945
Author: Suvobrata Sarkar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-12-03
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 1108835988
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book studies the correlation between technological knowledge and industrial performance, with the focus on electricity, an emerging technology during 1880 and 1945.
Swadeshi Enterprise in Bengal
Author: Amit Bhattacharyya
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9788185635224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEmpire and Leprosy in Colonial Bengal
Author: Apalak Das
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-03-12
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1003862241
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLeprosy, widely mentioned in different religious texts and ancient scriptures, is the oldest scourge of humankind. Cases of leprosy continue to be found across the world as the most crucial health problem, especially in India and Brazil. There are a few maladies that eventually turn into social disquiets, and leprosy is undoubtedly one of them. This book traces the dynamics of the interface between colonial policy on leprosy and religion, science and society in Bengal from the mid-nineteenth to the first half of the twentieth centuries. It explores how the idea of ‘degeneration’ and the ‘desolates’ shaped the colonial legality of segregating ‘lepers’ in Indian society. The author also delves into the treatments of leprosy that were often transfigured from ‘original’ English texts, written by American or British medical professionals, into Bengali. Rich in archival resources, this book is an essential read for scholars and researchers of history, Indian history, public health, social history, medical humanities, medical history and colonial history.
The Rays before Satyajit
Author: Chandak Sengoopta
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-05-04
Total Pages: 525
ISBN-13: 0199089647
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the history of Indian cinema, the name of Satyajit Ray needs no introduction. However, what remains unvoiced is the contribution of his forebears and their tryst with Indian modernity. Be it in art, advertising, and printing technology or in nationalism, feminism, and cultural reform, the earlier Rays attempted to create forms of the modern that were uniquely Indian and cosmopolitan at the same time. Some of the Rays, especially Upendrakishore and his son, Sukumar, are iconic figures in Bengal. But even Bengali historiography is almost exclusively concerned with the family’s contributions to children’s literature. However, as this study highlights, the family also played an important role in engaging with new forms of cultural modernity. Apart from producing literary works of enduring significance, they engaged in diverse reformist endeavours. The first comprehensive work in English on the pre-Satyajit generations, The Rays before Satyajit is more than a collective biography of an extraordinary family. It interweaves the Ray saga with the larger history of Indian modernity.
Let there be Light
Author: Suvobrata Sarkar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-12-03
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 110890114X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial 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. The arrival of electricity necessitated the introduction of new institutional facilities, and with the growth of technological system, a new business culture grew - there was demand for trained manpower to handle machines and better educational facilities. Taking a broad view of the subject, the narrative of this book is built around the historical experiences of the local Bengali-speaking population. Adopting the social constructionist model, Let There Be Light presents an amalgamation of archival and Indian language source materials to delineate the diverse nature of the appropriation of technological ideas into Indian culture.
History of Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine in India
Author: Suvobrata Sarkar
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2021-11-29
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 1000485005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume studies the concept and relevance of HISTEM (History of Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine) in shaping the histories of colonial and postcolonial South Asia. Tracing its evolution from the establishment of the East India Company through to the early decades after the Independence of India, it highlights the ways in which the discipline has changed over the years and examines the various influences that have shaped it. Drawing on extensive case studies, the book offers valuable insights into diverse themes such as the East–West encounter, appropriation of new knowledge, science in translation and communication, electricity and urbanization, the colonial context of engineering education, science of hydrology, oil and imperialism, epidemic and empire, vernacular medicine, gender and medicine, as well as environment and sustainable development in the colonial and postcolonial milieu. An indispensable text on South Asia’s experience of modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asian studies, modern Indian history, sociology, history of science, cultural studies, colonialism, as well as studies on Science, Technology, and Society (STS).
Yojana January 2022 (English)(Special Edition)
Author: Publications Division
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Published:
Total Pages: 68
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The Development of Modern Industries in Bengal
Author: Indrajit Ray
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-05-25
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 135138726X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBengal’s traditional industries, once celebrated worldwide, largely decayed under the backwash effects of the British Industrial Revolution in the first half of the nineteenth century. Although colonial ambivalence is often cited as an explanation, this study also shows that a series of new industries emerged during this period. The book reappraises the thesis of India’s deindustrialisation and discusses the development status of the traditional industries in the early nineteenth century, examines their technology, employment opportunities and marketing and, finally, analyses the underlying reasons for their decay. It offers a study of how traditional industries evolved into modern enterprises in a British colony, and contributes to the broader discussion on the global history of industrialisation. This book will be of interest to scholars of Indian economic history as well as those who seek to understand the widespread effects of industrialisation, especially in a colonial context.
