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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1. Verfasser: Hodge, Joseph Morgan, 1965-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2007.
Schriftenreihe:Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
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Zusammenfassung: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 history of British colonial doctrine and its contribution to the emergence of rural development and environmental policies in the late colonial and postcolonial period. Joseph Morgan Hodge examines the way that development as a framework of ideas and institutional practices emerged out of the str.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-394) and index.
ISBN:9780821442265
0821442260

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