Science and Power in Colonial Mauritius
Published on 10. December 1997
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-58046-015-6 (ISBN)
Description
An analysis of the historical and scientific effects of technology transfer from an imperial to colonial setting.
Science and Power in Colonial Mauritius examines, within the context of the history of sugarcane production in Mauritius, the cross-cultural debates about the production and dissemination of science and technology from "developed" to "less-developed" countries and from elites to peasants within these countries. The book also shows in great detail that the history of science, technology, and colonialism can shed light on contemporary problems in natural resource management and global policy making.
Science and Power in Colonial Mauritius examines, within the context of the history of sugarcane production in Mauritius, the cross-cultural debates about the production and dissemination of science and technology from "developed" to "less-developed" countries and from elites to peasants within these countries. The book also shows in great detail that the history of science, technology, and colonialism can shed light on contemporary problems in natural resource management and global policy making.
Reviews / Votes
This book is admirable for the subtlety yet clarity of its argument, for the density of underlying archival research, and for the breadth of its historiographical span. * AGRICULTURAL HISTORY * Very carefully researched...an exciting and original book. * COMMONWEALTH AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS * Thoroughly researched and carefully constructed...Storey's monograph provides a valuable addition to the growing literature on processes central to the making of the modern world. * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW * [Science and Power in Colonial Mauritius] fills an important gap in the emerging historiographical literature on this little-known island. * HISTORY * A rich and vivid history...may be read with profit by many kinds of historians. * ISIS *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Rochester
United States
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58046-015-6 (9781580460156)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Preface
Abbreviations
Map of Mauritius
Introduction: Science, Canes, and Colonies
1. Constraints, Colonization, and Canes, 1500-1853
2. New Canes for a Dying Industry, 1853-1893
3. Canes in an Experiment Station, 1893-1913
4. The Department of Agriculture, 1913-1930
5. Small Planters and New Canes, 1913-1937
6. Sugar and the Making of a New State, 1937-1993
Conclusion: Creoles and Hybrids
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations
Map of Mauritius
Introduction: Science, Canes, and Colonies
1. Constraints, Colonization, and Canes, 1500-1853
2. New Canes for a Dying Industry, 1853-1893
3. Canes in an Experiment Station, 1893-1913
4. The Department of Agriculture, 1913-1930
5. Small Planters and New Canes, 1913-1937
6. Sugar and the Making of a New State, 1937-1993
Conclusion: Creoles and Hybrids
Notes
Bibliography
Index