Download or read book Another Reason written by Gyan Prakash and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He reveals how science served simultaneously as an instrument of empire and as a symbol of liberty, progress, and universal reason - and how, in playing these dramatically different roles, it was crucial to the emergence of the modern nation."--BOOK JACKET.