empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Helen Tilley
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chicago :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 496 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., col. maps ;
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24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African Research Survey
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Imperialism and science-- Africa-- History-- 20th century
Imperialism and science-- Africa-- History-- 21st century
Research-- Africa-- History-- 20th century
Research-- Africa-- History-- 21st century
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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