Colonizing nature: Scientific knowledge, colonial power and the incorporation of India into the modern world-system

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-58

  Baber, Zaheer ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Colonialism; India; Science; Technology and society; World system

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOLOGY;

COLONIALISM; CULTURE; HUMANS; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0035287265     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071310020023028     Document Type: Article

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