Screen LibraryAfrica as a living laboratory：empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950
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University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 496 p.: ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780226803463 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226803465 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226803470 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226803473 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | N094 |
| CLC: | N094 |
| Call Number: | N094/T576 |
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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 |