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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 [electronic resource] : 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

1 online resource (xiv, 496 p.) : ill., maps (chiefly col.)

Uniform Title

Africa as a living laboratory (Online)

Alternative Title

Africa as a living laboratory (Online)

Subject

African Research Survey
Research > Africa > History > 20th century
Research > Africa > History > 21st century
Imperialism and science > Africa > History > 20th century
Imperialism and science > Africa > History > 21st century
Africa > Research > History > 20th century
Africa > Research > History > 21st century
Africa > Colonization > History > 20th century
Africa > Colonization > History > 21st century
Great Britain > Colonies > History > Africa > 20th century
Great Britain > Colonies > History > Africa > 21st century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-483] and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

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