Africa as a living laboratory : empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 / Helen Tilley.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.Description: xiv, 496 p. : ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780226803470
- African Research Survey
- Research -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
- Research -- Africa -- History -- 21st century
- Imperialism and science -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
- Imperialism and science -- Africa -- History -- 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 -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 21st century
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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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