Technical Innovation in an Indian District: Frank L. Brayne's Gurgaon Experiment, 1920-1927

FAIN: FF-10234-74

Russell J. Dionne
North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC 27695-0001)

To examine the efforts of Frank L. Brayne to introduce modern agricultural technology as well as inculcate an attitude toward life and work that would be receptive to technical change among the villagers in the Gurganon District of India. To determine the reason for the project's failure and assess it's impact on the District and on subsequent development efforts.