The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940

This Penetrating Examination Of A Paradox Of Colonial Rule Shows How The Massive Transfers Of Technology--including Equipment, Techniques, And Experts--from The European Imperial Powers To Their Colonies In Asia And Africa Resulted Not In Industrialization But In Underdevelopment. Examining The Most Important Technologies--shipping And Railways, Telegraphs And Wireless, Urban Water Supply And Sewage Disposal, Economic Botany And Plantation Agriculture, Irrigation, And Mining And Metallurgy--headrick Provides A New Perspective On Colonial Economic History And Reopens The Debate On The Roots Of Asian And African Underdevelopment.