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

Autarky and Foreign Aid

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Authors:
  1. William A.T. Logan

    1. Department of History, Pacific Union College, Angwin, USA

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  • Decenters history of technology away from Europe and North American.
  • Examines how indigenization programs contributed to the industrialization of India.
  • Provides wide geographical and chronological scope of Nehruvian development

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-14

  3. The Industrial Revolution in India

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    Pages 15-42

  4. India and the Cold War

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    Pages 43-72

  5. Modernizing the Indian Air Force: Imported Fighters and the HF-24 Marut, 1947–1968

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    Pages 73-102

  6. India’s Air Defenses and the Sino-Indian War: Exercise Shiksha, November 1963

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    Pages 103-134

  7. Spanning Assam’s Great River: The Brahmaputra Bridge and the Indian Railways, 1958–1962

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    Pages 135-167

  8. A Dam in the Khasi Hills: The Umiam Hydroelectric Project, 1960–1965

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    Pages 169-198

  9. Tarapur and the Atomic Age, 1959–1964

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    Pages 199-222

  10. Constructing Tarapur, 1964–1969

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    Pages 223-260

  11. Conclusion

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    Pages 261-275

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 277-282
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About this book

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.

Reviews

“A Technological History of Cold-War India is the book historians of modern India as well as historians of technology have been waiting for. … An impressive debut monograph, William A. T. Logan’s A Technological History of Cold-War India is a must read for historians of India, technology, and the Cold War. … Logan’s book arrives as a rising India is asserting itself more on the global stage, buoyed by its economic and technological strengths.” (Marc Reyes, Technology and Culture, Vol. 63 (4), October, 2022) ‘This well-written book provides an insightful and succinct “technological history” of development in early post-independence India under the challenges posed by the Cold War.  This nuanced study, drawing on a wide range of materials, persuasively discusses how autarky as practiced with reference to technological indigenization conflicted with the economic and political realities of the Cold War world. Indeed, for those interested in better understanding the India of today, in particular, the changes in the Indian economy, this book provides much food for thought. An important addition to South Asian and India studies.’ (--Sharma Shalendra, Lingan University)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, Pacific Union College, Angwin, USA

    William A.T. Logan

About the author

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Technological History of Cold-War India, 1947–⁠1969

  • Book Subtitle: Autarky and Foreign Aid

  • Authors: William A.T. Logan

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78767-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78766-0Published: 02 November 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78769-1Published: 03 November 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-78767-7Published: 01 November 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2730-972X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-9738

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 282

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Modern History, Asian History, History of Technology

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