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Africa as a living laboratory : empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950
- Title
- Africa as a living laboratory : empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 / Helen Tilley.
- Author
- Tilley, Helen, 1968-
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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- Description
- xiv, 496 p. : ill., maps (chiefly col.); 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Research > Africa > History > 20th century
- Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > History > 21st century
- African Research Survey
- Africa > Research > History > 21st century
- Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > History > 20th century
- Africa > Research > History > 20th century
- Africa > Colonization > History > 20th century
- Imperialism and science > Africa > History > 20th century
- Africa > Colonization > History > 21st century
- Research > Africa > History > 21st century
- Imperialism and science > Africa > History > 21st century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-483] and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 11-857
- ISBN
- 9780226803463 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226803465 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226803470 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0226803473 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010023092
- OCLC
- 645707879
- Author
- Tilley, Helen, 1968-
- Title
- Africa as a living laboratory : empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 / Helen Tilley.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-483] and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 11-857