The Tentacles of Progress : Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940.
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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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1990.
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; 1 Imperialism, Technology, and Tropical Economies; 2 Ships and Shipping; 3 The Railways of India; 4 The Imperial Telecommunications Networks; 5 Cities, Sanitation, and Segregation; 6 Hydraulic Imperialism in India and Egypt; 7 Economic Botany and Tropical Plantations; 8 Mining and Metallurgy; 9 Technical Education; 10 Experts and Enterprises; 11 Technology Transfer and Colonial Politics; Bibliographical Essay; Index.