TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tilley,Helen
TI  - Africa as a living laboratory : empire, development and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 
SN  - 9780226803470 
AV  - Q180.A5 T55 2011
U1  - 509.609034 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Chicago 
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - African Research Survey
KW  - Research
KW  - Africa
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Imperialism and science
KW  - Colonization
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Colonies
N1  - 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
ER  -