Technology and rural change in Eastern India 1830-1980 / Smritikumar Sarkar.

With Calcutta as the hub, eastern India was the gateway of technology transmission to India. This book explores the social history of this transmission, from the colonial metropolis to the interior, and analyses the context and results of technology induction to the villages. Based on local level so...

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Main Author: Sarkar, Smritikumar (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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