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

TitleAfrica as a living laboratory: empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsTilley, Helen
Number of Pages496
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
CityChicago
ISBN Number978-0-226-80346-3 0-226-80346-5 978-0-226-80347-0 0-226-80347-3
Call NumberQ180.A5 T55 2011
Notes'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\n - Angela Okune'
Short TitleAfrica as a living laboratory
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