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Product DescriptionBeginning with a study of the concept of colonial science, this volume moves on to early exploratory activities in this area; problems in science administration, science education, and scientific research; and Indian responses to all these activities.ReviewPraise for the first edition: "[The book] addresses a relatively neglected theme in the history of India under British rule...Kumar's work serves an important purpose."--he Historian"Kumar's book is written in beautiful,literate language. It adds a new dimension to the environmental history of the modern world, and deserves wide attention."--Environmental History Review