empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 /
Helen Tilley
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2011
xiv, 496 p. :
ill., col. maps ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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African Research Survey
Imperialism and science-- Africa-- History-- 20th century
Imperialism and science-- Africa-- History-- 21st century
Research-- Africa-- History-- 20th century
Research-- Africa-- History-- 21st century
Africa, Colonization, History, 20th century
Africa, Colonization, History, 21st century
Africa, Research, History, 20th century
Africa, Research, History, 21st century
Great Britain, Colonies, Africa, History, 20th century
Great Britain, Colonies, Africa, History, 21st century