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The tentacles of progress : technology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 / Daniel R. Headrick.
Record no.:
5259
Author:
Headrick, Daniel R.;
Publisher:
New York :: Oxford University Press,
Year:
1988.
Description:
x, 405 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject:
Imperialism - History.;
Technology transfer - History.;
Economic history.;
Imperialism.;
Great Britain - Colonies - History - 19th century.;
Great Britain - Colonies - History - 20th century.;
Tropics - Economic conditions.;
Tropics.;
Notes:
Gift ; Nagle Library MacLeod Collection copy donated by Emeritus Professor Roy MacLeod.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0195051157 9780195051155 0195051165 9780195051162 9786610449712 6610449716;
Abstract:
Imperialism, technology, and tropical economies -- Ships and shipping -- The railways of India -- The imperial telecommunications networks -- Cities, sanitation, and segregation -- Hydraulic imperialism in India and Egypt -- Economic botany and tropical
plantations -- Mining and metallurgy -- Technical education -- Experts and enterprises -- Technology transfer and colonial politics.
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