Triumph of the Expert: Agrarian Doctrines of Development and the Legacies of British Colonialism
(Part of the Series in Ecology and History Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0821417185
ISBN13:9780821417188
Release Date:February 2007
Publisher:Ohio University Press
Length:432 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"
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