Triumph of the expert : Agrarian doctrines of development and the legacies of British colonialism /
The most striking feature of British colonialism in the twentieth century was the confidence it expressed in the use of science and expertise, especially when joined with the new bureaucratic capacities of the state, to develop natural and human resources of the empire. Triumph of the Expert is a hi...
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Athens :
Ohio University Press,
©2007.
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| Series: | Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
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Table of 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.