Technology and the Raj: Western Technology and Technical Transfers to India 1700-1947

@article{Sethia1998TechnologyAT,
  title={Technology and the Raj: Western Technology and Technical Transfers to India 1700-1947},
  author={Tara Sethia and Roy M. Macleod and Deepak Kumar},
  journal={The American Historical Review},
  year={1998},
  volume={103},
  pages={268}
}
Introduction - Roy MacLeod and Deepak Kumar Western Technology and British Rule PART ONE: THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE RAJ Colonial and Neo-Colonial Transfer of Technology - Ian Inkster Perspectives on India before 1914 Technology Transfer and its Constraints - R J Henry Early Warnings from Agricultural Development in Colonial Inda The Genesis of Chemical-Based Industrialisation - Nasir Tyabji Oilseeds in Madras Science and Technology Education in South India - S Ambirajan PART TWO… 
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