A Technological History of Cold-War India, 1947-¿1969

Autarky and Foreign Aid
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-030-78769-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 391 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

This book provides a technological history of modern India, in particular the Nehruvian development in the context of the Cold War. Through a series of case studies about military modernization, transportation infrastructure, and electric power, it examines how the ideals of autarky and technological indigenization conflicted with the economic and political realities of the Cold War world. Where other studies tend to focus on the political leaders and economists who oversaw development, this book demonstrates how the perspective of the engineers, government bureaucrats, and aid workers informed and ultimately implemented development.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Logan, William A. T.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ch-1. Introduction.- Ch 2: The Industrial Revolution in India.- Ch 3: India and the Cold War.- Ch 4: Modernizing the Indian Air Force.- Ch 5: India's Air Defenses and the Sino-Indian War.- Ch 6:  Spanning Assam's Great River.- Ch 7: A Dam in the Khasi Hills.- Ch 8: Tarapur and the Atomic Age.- Ch 9: Constructing Tarapur, 1964-1969.- Ch 10: Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

William A.T. Logan is Assistant Professor of History at Pacific Union College, USA.