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" Africa as a living laboratory : "
Helen Tilley
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BL
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653853
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Tilley, Helen,1968-
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Africa as a living laboratory : : empire, development, and the problem of scientific knowledge, 1870-1950 /\ Helen Tilley
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2011
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xiv, 496 p. :: ill., col. maps ;; 24 cm
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9780226803463 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780226803470 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0226803465 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0226803473 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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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African Research Survey
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Research-- Africa-- History-- 20th century
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Research-- Africa-- History-- 21st century
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Imperialism and science-- Africa-- History-- 20th century
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Imperialism and science-- Africa-- History-- 21st century
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Africa, Research, History, 20th century
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Africa, Research, History, 21st century
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Africa, Colonization, History, 20th century
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Africa, Colonization, History, 21st century
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Great Britain, Colonies, Africa, History, 20th century
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Great Britain, Colonies, Africa, History, 21st century
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509.6/09034
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Q180.A5T55 2011
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