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Author Headrick, Daniel R., author.

Title The tentacles of progress : technology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 / Daniel R. Headrick
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1988

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Description 1 online resource (x, 405 pages) : illustrations
Series ACLS Humanites E-book
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Contents 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
Summary 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
Daniel Headrick examines why the massive transfer of Western technology to European colonies did not spark an industrial revolution in those countries. Rather than spurring economic progress, he argues, the transfer of stock technology between 1850 and 1940 caused the traditional self-sufficient economies of the colonial regions to be stuck in a state of underdevelopment, a legacy which burdens these countries to this day
Analysis Developing countries Technology transfer from developed countries, 1850-1940
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index
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Subject Imperialism -- History
Technology transfer -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
British colonies
Economic history
Imperialism
Technology transfer
Imperialismus
Kolonie
Technologietransfer
Kennisoverdracht.
Onderontwikkeling.
Koloniale periode.
Technologie.
Koloniën.
Impérialisme -- Histoire.
Technologie, transfert de la.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century
Tropics -- Economic conditions
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056645
Subject Tropics
Entwicklungsländer
Großbritannien
Industriestaaten
Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Histoire.
Régions tropicales -- Conditions économiques.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 87005617
ISBN 9780198021780
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