The Technological Indian / / Ross Bassett.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016
• VerfasserIn: Bassett, Ross,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. The Indian Discovery of America --; 2. American-Made Swadeshi --; 3. Gandhi's Industry --; 4. From Gujarat to Cambridge --; 5. Engineering a Colonial State --; 6. Tryst with America, Tryst with MIT --; 7. High Priests of Nehru's India --; 8. Business Families and MIT --; 9. The Roots of IT India --; 10. From India to Silicon Valley --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674088986; 9783110485103; 9783110485189; 9783110638585
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674088986
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ross Bassett.

In the late 1800s India seemed to be left behind by the Industrial Revolution. Today there are many technological Indians around the world but relatively few focus on India's problems. Ross Bassett-drawing on a database of every Indian to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through 2000-explains the role of MIT in this outcome.