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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.
Price: $120.00
Pages: 248
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: University of Rochester Press
Publication Date:
10 December 1997
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781580460156
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, Agriculture and farming
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.
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