Scientific Bengal: Science Education, Technology, Medicine and Environment - Hardcover

Palit, Chittabrata

9788178354965: Scientific Bengal: Science Education, Technology, Medicine and Environment

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ISBN 10: 8178354969 ISBN 13: 9788178354965

Verlag: Kalpaz Publications, 2006

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A Social history of science, it comprises essays in the history of science, technology, Medicine and environment in colonial Bengal, which was the first conquered colony of British India, bridgehead of all British projects in the rest of India and the Seconding board of all British theories and practices of science. The issues discussed in this volume can be easily generalized and applied in other case studies in India at both Macro and Micro levels., About The Author:- Dr. Chittabrata Palit, Prof. of History at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and a renowned Economic Historian. Dr. Pranjal kumar Bhattocharya, is a retired Professor of History at Jadavpur University, Calutta., Contents:- Contents # Preface 11: 1. Introduction 13: Section-I : Science: 2. Orientalism: William Jones and Science at the Asiatic Society 21: Orientalism � William Jones 1747-1794 � The Asiatic Society � Oriental Studies : The Future.: 3. Serampore Missionaries and Science 41: Introduction � Serampore Missionaries: William Carey � Felix Carey (1776-1822): � John Mack (1797-1845) � Conclusion.: 4. Science and Nationalism in Bengal (1876-1912) 53: The Dawn Society � The NCE (National Council of Education).: Section-II : Technology: 5. Sitanath Ghosh-The Forgotten Pioneer of Technology in Bengal 71: The Setting � S & T in the Sessions of the Hindu Mela � Appearence of Sitanath Ghosh � More about Sitanath Ghosh � In Theory � In Search of Technology. 6. Swadeshi Technical Education: Bengal Technical Institute (1906-1928) 87: Introduction � The Birth of BTI � Bengal National College versus BTI � From BTI to the College of Engineering.: 7. Binoy Kumar Sarkar : An Ideologue of Swadeshi Industrialization 101: Life � The Ideologue of Economic Swadeshi.: Section-III : Medicine: 8. Hospital and Medical Education in: Calcutta 123: The Beginning.: 9. Ayurveda in Colonial Bengal : Survival: and Revival 139: Precolonial History � Colonial Status � Roots of Revival � Revivalist Strategies � Postcolonial Prospec

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