Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India：The New Cambridge History of India III.5

Interestinthescience,technologyandmedicineofIndiaunderBritishrulehasgrowninrecentyearsandhasplayedanever-increasingpartinthereinterpretationofmodernSouthAsianhistory.SpanningtheperiodfromtheestablishmentofEastIndiaCompanyrulethroughtoIndependence,DavidArnold'swide-rangingandanalyticalsurveydemonstratestheimportanceofexaminingtheroleofscience,technologyandmedicineinconjunctionwiththedevelopmentoftheBritishengagementinIndiaandintheformationofIndianresponsestowesternintervention.Oneofthefirstworkstoanalysethecolonialeraasawholefromtheperspectiveofscience,thebookinvestigatestherelationshipbetweenIndianandwesternscience,thenatureofscience,technologyandmedicineundertheCompany,thecreationofstate-scientificservices,'imperialscience'andtheriseofanIndianscientificcommunity,theimpactofscientificandmedicalresearchandthedilemmasofnationalistscience.