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The Technological Indian / Ross Bassett.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (340 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674504714
  • 9780674088986
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.954/06 23
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Indian Discovery of America -- 2. American-Made Swadeshi -- 3. Gandhi's Industry -- 4. From Gujarat to Cambridge -- 5. Engineering a Colonial State -- 6. Tryst with America, Tryst with MIT -- 7. High Priests of Nehru's India -- 8. Business Families and MIT -- 9. The Roots of IT India -- 10. From India to Silicon Valley -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: In the late 1800s India seemed to be left behind by the Industrial Revolution. Today there are many technological Indians around the world but relatively few focus on India's problems. Ross Bassett-drawing on a database of every Indian to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through 2000-explains the role of MIT in this outcome.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674088986

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Indian Discovery of America -- 2. American-Made Swadeshi -- 3. Gandhi's Industry -- 4. From Gujarat to Cambridge -- 5. Engineering a Colonial State -- 6. Tryst with America, Tryst with MIT -- 7. High Priests of Nehru's India -- 8. Business Families and MIT -- 9. The Roots of IT India -- 10. From India to Silicon Valley -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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In the late 1800s India seemed to be left behind by the Industrial Revolution. Today there are many technological Indians around the world but relatively few focus on India's problems. Ross Bassett-drawing on a database of every Indian to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through 2000-explains the role of MIT in this outcome.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)