Africa as a living laboratory : empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 /
Helen Tilley.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- xiv, 496 p. : 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.