In The Science of Empire, Zaheer Baber analyzes the social context of the origins and development of science and technology in India from antiquity through colonialism to the modern period. The focus
Baber (sociology, National U. of Singapore) investigates the complex social processes involved in the introduction and institutionalization of western science in colonial India. He examines the long h
This book highlights the continuing relevance of classical sociological theories and concepts in making sense of the contemporary globalized world. Covering a very wide historical and geographical ran
