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Overview
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.
Synopsis
An analysis of the historical and scientific effects of technology transfer from an imperial to colonial setting.
Anthony J. Barker
...[A[dmirable for the subtlety yet clarity of its argument, for the density of underlying archival research, and for the breadth of its historiographical span....[a] fascinating case study [that] persuasively rebuts the suggestion that agricultural innovation is ever simply a matter of rational choice rather than a complex interaction between culture, politics, and science. -- Agricultural History