Science At the End of Empire - Experts and the Development of the British Caribbean, 1940-62

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

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. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Sabine Clarke
• Assisted by: Sabine Clarke (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781526131386
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3138-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)