Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. INTRODUCTION: Africa as a Living Laboratory 1
6. CHAPTER ONE. An Imperial Laboratory: Scientifi c Societies, Geopolitics, and Territorial Acquisitions 31
7. CHAPTER TWO. A Development Laboratory: The African Research Survey, the Machinery of Knowledge, and Imperial Coordination 69
8. CHAPTER THREE. An Environmental Laboratory: “Native” Agriculture, Tropical Infertility, and Ecological Models of Development 115
9. CHAPTER FOUR. A Medical Laboratory: Infectious Diseases, Ecological Methods, and Modernization 169
10. CHAPTER FIVE. A Racial Laboratory: Imperial Politics, Race Prejudice, and Mental Capacity 217
11. CHAPTER SIX. An Anthropological Laboratory: Ethnographic Research, Imperial Administration, and Magical Knowledge 261
12. APPENDIX: African Colonial Service Employment, 1913–51 333
13. Notes 367
14. Bibliography 439
15. Index 485