Africa as a living laboratory empire, development and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950

Tilley, Helen 1968-

Africa as a living laboratory empire, development and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 - Chicago University of Chicago Press 2011 - xiv,496p. ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

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


Research--History--Africa--20th century.
Research--History--Africa--21st century.
Imperialism and science--History--Africa--20th century.
Imperialism and science--History--Africa--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.

Q180.A5 / T55 2011

509.609034 / TI-A

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