Africa as a living laboratory : empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 / Helen Tilley.
2011
Q180.A5 T55 2011 (Mapit)
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Africa as a living laboratory : empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 / Helen Tilley.
Author
Tilley, Helen, 1968-
ISBN
9780226803463 (alk. paper)
0226803465 (alk. paper)
9780226803470 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226803473 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226803465 (alk. paper)
9780226803470 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226803473 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 496 p. : ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
Q180.A5 T55 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
509.6/09034
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
An imperial laboratory : scientific societies, geopolitics, and territorial acquisitions
A development laboratory : the African Research Survey, the machinery of knowledge, and imperial coordination
An environmental laboratory : "native" agriculture, tropical infertility, and ecological models of development
A medical laboratory : infectious diseases, ecological methods, and modernization
A racial laboratory : imperial politics, race prejudice, and mental capacity
An anthropological laboratory : ethnographic research, imperial administration and magical knowledge
A living laboratory : ethnosciences, field sciences, and the problem of epistemic pluralism.
A development laboratory : the African Research Survey, the machinery of knowledge, and imperial coordination
An environmental laboratory : "native" agriculture, tropical infertility, and ecological models of development
A medical laboratory : infectious diseases, ecological methods, and modernization
A racial laboratory : imperial politics, race prejudice, and mental capacity
An anthropological laboratory : ethnographic research, imperial administration and magical knowledge
A living laboratory : ethnosciences, field sciences, and the problem of epistemic pluralism.