Triumph of the Expert: Agrarian Doctrines of Development and the Legacies of British Colonialism

by Joseph M. Hodge

Book Overview

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"