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Technology and rural change in eastern India, 1830-1980

By: Publisher: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: xxiii, 355 p. 22 cmContent type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 9780198092308 (hbk.)
  • 019809230X (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.483095 SAR 23
LOC classification:
  • T173.8 .S264 2014
Contents:
Table of Content; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. BULLOCK CART TO THE RAILWAYS: EXPLORING THE INTERIOR; 2. NEW TOOLS IN OLD HANDS: ARTISAN AS BAREFOOT ENTREPRENEUR; 3. MACHINES IN THE PERIPHERY: RICE, SUGAR AND OIL MILLS; 4. TECHNOLOGY BECKONS: BHADRALOK ENTERPRISE IN THE SUBURBS; 5. POWER OF THE STEAM: BREAKDOWN OF THE OLD ECONOMY; CONCLUSION: VILLAGE SOCIETY AT THE CROSSROADS; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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BOOKs NLS 303.483095 SAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HB Available 36111

Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-344) and index.

Table of Content;
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS;
FOREWORD; PREFACE;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;
ABBREVIATIONS;
INTRODUCTION;
1. BULLOCK CART TO THE RAILWAYS: EXPLORING THE INTERIOR;
2. NEW TOOLS IN OLD HANDS: ARTISAN AS BAREFOOT ENTREPRENEUR;
3. MACHINES IN THE PERIPHERY: RICE, SUGAR AND OIL MILLS;
4. TECHNOLOGY BECKONS: BHADRALOK ENTERPRISE IN THE SUBURBS;
5. POWER OF THE STEAM:
BREAKDOWN OF THE OLD ECONOMY;
CONCLUSION: VILLAGE SOCIETY AT THE CROSSROADS;
GLOSSARY;
BIBLIOGRAPHY;
INDEX;
ABOUT THE AUTHOR