Useful knowledge, ‘industrial enlightenment’, and the place of India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12876347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maxine Berg (0000-0003-2979-3860, University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-141 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Global History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-0228 • E-ISSN: 1740-0236 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1740022813000077 |
| OpenAlex | W2125650728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 51 |
Research is now turning to the missing place of technology and ‘useful knowledge’ in the debate on the ‘great divergence’ between East and West. Parallel research in the history of science has sought the global dimensions of European knowledge. Joel Mokyr's recent The Enlightened Economy (2009) argued the place of an exceptional ‘industrial enlightenment’ in Europe in explaining industrialization there, but neglected the wide geographic framework of European investigation of the arts and manufactures. This article presents two case studies of European industrial travellers who accessed and described Indian crafts and industries at the time of Britain's industrial revolution and Europe's Enlightenment discourse on crafts and manufactures. The efforts of Anton Hove and Benjamin Heyne to ‘codify’ the ‘tacit’ knowledge of a part of the world distant from Europe were hindered by the English East India Company and the British state. Their accounts, only published much later, provide insight into European perceptions of India's ‘useful knowledge’
China · Divergence (linguistics · Economics · Economy · Enlightenment · Great Divergence · Industrial Revolution · Industrialisation · Political science · Sociology · Tacit knowledge · The arts · World history · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |