Science at the end of empire : experts and the development of the British Caribbean, 1940-62

Science at the end of empire experts and the development of the British Caribbean, 1940-62

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This book produces a major rethinking of the history of development after 1940 through an exploration of Britain’s ambitions for industrialisation in its Caribbean colonies. Industrial development is a neglected topic in histories of the British Colonial Empire, and we know very little of plans for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Clarke, Sabine, author (author)
Formato: Capítulo de libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press 2018.
Colección:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Materias:
Technological innovations > Caribbean Area > History > 20th century.
Humanities.
History.
History: specific events and topics.
Colonialism and imperialism.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Economic policy.
science
experts
development
empire
Caribbean
late colonial
sugar
industrialisation
British West Indies
Trinidad
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427382006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. New uses for sugar
  • 2. Scientific research and colonial development after 1940
  • 3. 'Men, money and advice' for Caribbean development
  • 4. Laboratory science, laissez-faire economics and modernity
  • 5. An industrialisation programme for Trinidad
  • 6. Bringing research 'down from the skies'
  • 7. Conclusion: Science and industrial development: lessons from Britain's imperial past
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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