Dam

Dam
Author: Trevor Turpin
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008-06
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781861893284

Trevor Turpin traces the development, design, and consequences of the dam, from the Industrial Revolution to the present day.

The Tentacles of Progress

The Tentacles of Progress
Author: Daniel R. Headrick
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1988-03-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0190281499

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.

Early Writings on India

Early Writings on India
Author: H.K. Kaul
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2017-04-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351867172

This book, first published in 1975, is a comprehensive list of all the books on India, written in English before 1900. It is an invaluable reference source on India of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Apart from the work of professional writers, there are the writings of a cross-section of society from soldiers to scientists. We find dictionaries of obscure dialects written by government officials, descriptions of their travels by visiting clerics, homely details of everyday life by housewives, as well as technical and scientific works written by scholars.

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1028
Release: 1907
Genre: Antiquarian booksellers
ISBN:

Baillie-Ki-Paltan

Baillie-Ki-Paltan
Author: Lieutenant-Colonel H. F. Murland
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 178149813X

A major history, comprehensive and detailed. The contents are divided into five parts for ease of reference. The maps are particularly well executed. The Regt was disbanded in 1933. Bibliography, Index (names of British officers only). Apps: list of former COs, idem other officers (British and Indian), a selected list of SNCOs. Appendices include detailed services of the British officers, also services of VCOs with dates of their appointments & some notes of their war services.

Masala History by Siva Volume - 1

Masala History by Siva Volume - 1
Author: Sivakumar Sethuraman
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2021-12-13
Genre: History
ISBN:

History is often considered a dry, boring and unimportant subject at school. Masala History by Siva aims to change this perception and make it engaging and interesting for everyone. In addition, there is also a deliberate attempt to sing the tune of unsung heroes and bring to light the amazing lives and works of those who have been forgotten and not given their rightful place in history. With kid-friendly content, the project presents a collection of stories to capture the attention of schoolchildren and adults alike and hopes to help initiate curiosity and conversations around this subject. Each vignette in this book will take you back in time, delving deep into untold stories and firing up your imagination.. So pick your copy, grab a masala chai or your favourite coffee and delve into tales rich and spicy! Savour it, talk about it with friends & family. Spread the histories of where we come from. After all, if you don’t know where you come from, you don’t know where you are going.