technology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 /
Daniel R. Headrick.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1988.
1 online resource (x, 405 pages) :
illustrations
ACLS Humanites E-book
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index.
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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This study analyzes why a massive transfer of Western technology to European colonies between 1850 and 1940 did not create an industrial revolution in those countries. It argues that the transfer of technology caused some colonial regions to become locked in a state of underdevelopment.
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Tentacles of progress.
Imperialism-- History.
Technology transfer-- History.
Impérialisme-- Histoire.
Transfert de technologie-- Histoire.
British colonies.
Economic history.
Imperialism.
Impérialisme-- Histoire.
Imperialismus
Kennisoverdracht.
Koloniale periode.
Kolonie
Koloniën.
Onderontwikkeling.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Economic Policy.