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Africa as a living laboratory : empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 / Helen Tilley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tilley, Helen, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Research Survey.
- Research--Africa--History--20th century.
- Research.
- Research--Africa--History--21st century.
- Imperialism and science--Africa--History--20th century.
- Imperialism and science.
- Imperialism and science--Africa--History--21st century.
- Colonies.
- History.
- Colonization.
- Africa--Research--History--20th century.
- Africa.
- Africa--Research--History--21st century.
- Africa--Colonization--History--20th century.
- Africa--Colonization--History--21st century.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Africa--History--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Africa--History--21st century.
- Biomedical Research--history.
- Colonialism--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- United Kingdom.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biomedical Research--history.
- Colonialism--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- Africa.
- United Kingdom.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 496 pages) : illustrations, maps (chiefly color
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-483 and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780226803487
- 0226803481
- Publisher Number:
- 99970619126
- 40019226600
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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