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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2011Description: xiv,496p. ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780226803470
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509.609034 22 TI-A
LOC classification:
  • Q180.A5 T55 2011
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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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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