Sabine Clarke

Science at the end of empire (eBook, ePUB)

Experts and the development of the British Caribbean, 1940-62

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One solution to West Indian problems after 1940 was to transform sugarcane into a raw material for making synthetics. Britain hoped to encourage new industry by providing scientific information that business might exploit. This plan was threatened by American promotion of a different model of development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526131416
• Artikelnr.: 55006919

Autorenporträt

Sabine Clarke is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of York

Inhaltsangabe

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