{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-india-20-technology-in-medieval-india-c-650-1750-paperback","title":"A People's History of India 20: Technology in Medieval India, C. 650-1750 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIrfan Habib\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book covers the whole range of technology, from the tools and skills of ordinary men and women to the instruments of astronomers and the equipage and weaponry of war. Changes in technology are carefully traced and their consequences examined. Larger questions, such as those of constraints on technological development and the role of the social and economic environment, are also addressed. This volume, in line with the others of A People's History of India, gives several extracts from texts, containing significant information about specific aspects of pre-modern technology. There are special notes on technical terms, sources of the history of technology, the problem of invention versus diffusion, and the development of medieval technology outside India. It includes illustrations taken from medieval sculpture, painting and book-illustrations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume is addressed to the general reader as well as the student, who would like to read about something on which conventional textbooks have little to offer. A special effort is made to keep the style non-technical without loss of accuracy. It is hoped that the theme is sufficiently interesting not only for the historian but for any citizen wanting to know what common people, men and women, did with their hands and tools in earlier times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrfan Habib, professor emeritus at the Aligarh Muslim University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1556-1707\u003c\/i\u003e (1963; revised edition 1999), \u003ci\u003eAn Atlas of the Mughal Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003eEssays in Indian History: Towards a Marxist Perception\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eMedieval India: The Study of a Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eEconomic History of Medieval India, 1200-1500\u003c\/i\u003e (with collaborators) (2011) and \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Ancient Indian History\u003c\/i\u003e (with Faiz Habib) (2012). He is the general editor of the People's History of India series, and has authored six volumes and co-authored two volumes in the series. He has co-edited \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I \u003c\/i\u003e(1982), UNESCO's \u003ci\u003eHistory of Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e, Vols. 4 and 5, and UNESCO's \u003ci\u003eHistory of Central Asia\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol. 5.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729919152191,"sku":"9789382381815","price":41.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fdbad3755c8d1d75c76456ba308dd0e1.webp?v=1765124106","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-india-20-technology-in-medieval-india-c-650-1750-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}