Science and Empire

Knowledge and Networks of Science Across the British Empire, 1800-1970

By: Brett M. Bennett (Editor), Joseph M. Hodge (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 October 2011 | Edition Number 1

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This new survey of scientific endeavor within the British Empire is the most wide-ranging yet published, examining the interconnections between science, the British Empire, and the emergence of a globalized world. It identifies and analyzes the web of scientific networks crisscrossing the British Empire through which scientific knowledge and authority were produced, circulated and legitimated, critically engaging with new ways of thinking about networked connections across space. It offers a comparative perspective that surveys a variety of scientific initiatives and circuits, including networks of agronomists, anatomists, botanists, foresters, geologists, marine biologists, oceanographers and physicists. As they chart the evolving practices, strategies, theoretical ideas and agendas among research scientists, technical advisers, imperial administrators, and native peoples in Africa, Australia, Britain, India and elsewhere; each chapter combines rigorous research with theoretical reflection based on the latest literature, as well as serving as a useful introduction to that literature.

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"This fine volume edited by Brett M. Bennett and Joseph M. Hodge does much to make a strong case for the utility of placing empire within broader history of science studies contexts. It also provides an extremely useful set of readings suitable for anyone with interests in empire, as well as an excellent source for any course exploring science and imperialism. I recommend the book highly." (James Beattie, Environmental Values, Vol. 22 (3), August, 2016)

'This book can be recommended to all students of the history and geography of empire and science, and its accessible style and engaging presentation will ensure that it can be useful to students and scholars of all levels of experience.' - Journal of Historical Geography, Elizabeth Baigent, University of Oxford

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List of Abbreviations	p. ix
List of Tables and Figures	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Notes on Contributors	p. xiv
Historiography and Overview	p. 1
Science and Empire: An Overview of the Historical Scholarship	p. 3
The Consolidation and Reconfiguration of 'British' Networks of Science, 1800-1970	p. 30
Knowledge and Networks in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries	p. 45
Science and the British Empire from its Beginnings to 1850	p. 47
A Network Approach to the Origins of Forestry Education in India, 1855-1885	p. 68
Anatomy of Reception: Science, Nation and Religion in Hindi-Language Print Media of Colonial South Asia	p. 89
'A Science of Our Own': Nineteenth Century Exhibitions, Australians and the History of Science	p. 110
Between the Nation and the World: J.T. Wilson and Scientific Networks in the Early Twentieth Century	p. 140
Knowledge and Networks at the End of Empire	p. 161
Albert Howard and the Decolonization of Science: From the Raj to Organic Farming	p. 163
'The Chance to Send Their First Class Men Out to the Colonies': The Making of the Colonial Research Service	p. 187
The Hybridity of Colonial Knowledge: British Tropical Agricultural Science and African Farming Practices at the End of Empire	p. 209
The Science of Decolonization: The Retention of 'Environmental Authority' in the Contest for Antarctic Sovereignty between Britain, Argentina, and Chile, 1939-59	p. 232
Unexploited Assets: Imperial Imagination, Practical Limitations, and Marine Fisheries Research in East Africa, 1917-53	p. 253
Thomas Adeoye Lambo and the Decolonization of Psychiatry in Nigeria	p. 275
The Reconfiguration of Scientific Career Networks in the Late Colonial Period: The Case of the Food and Agriculture Organization and the British Colonial Forestry Service	p. 297
Epilogue	p. 321
Bibliography	p. 327
Index	p. 342
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