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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph Morgan Hodge |
| ISBN: | 9780821417171 0821417177 9780821417188 0821417185 |
| OCLC Number: | 77004264 |
| Description: | xiv, 402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : Expertise, development, and the state at the climax of empire -- 1. Setting the terms of the debate : science, the state, and the "new imperialism" -- 2. Developing the "imperial estate" : early patronage and pessimism for colonial scientific research and technical assistance, 1895-1914 -- 3. Science for development : the expansion of colonial agricultural research and advisory networks, 1914-35 -- 4. The "human side" of development : trusteeship and the turn to "native" health and education, 1918-35 -- 5. View from the field : rethinking colonial agricultural and medical knowledge between the wars, 1920-40 -- 6. View from above : the consolidation of knowledge and the reorganization of the colonial office, 1935-45 -- 7. Triumph of the expert : development, environment, and the "second colonial occupation," 1945-60 -- Conclusion : Postcolonial consultants, agrarian doctrines of development, and the legacies of late colonialism |
| Series Title: | Ohio University Press series in ecology and history |
| Responsibility: | Joseph Morgan Hodge. |
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