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oapen-20.500.12657-294632022-04-26T11:14:57Z Science at the end of empire Clarke, Sabine science experts development empire Caribbean late colonial sugar industrialisation British West Indies Trinidad United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1K The Americas::1KJ Caribbean islands bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTF Development studies bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTQ Colonialism & imperialism bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science This book produces a major rethinking of the history of development after 1940 through an exploration of Britain’s ambitions for industrialisation in its Caribbean colonies. Industrial development is a neglected topic in histories of the British Colonial Empire, and we know very little of plans for Britain’s Caribbean colonies in general in the late colonial period, despite the role played by riots in the region in prompting an increase in development spending. This account shows the importance of knowledge and expertise in the promotion of a model of Caribbean development that is best described as liberal rather than state-centred and authoritarian. It explores how the post-war period saw an attempt by the Colonial Office to revive Caribbean economies by transforming cane sugar from a low-value foodstuff into a lucrative starting compound for making fuels, plastics and medical products. In addition, it shows that as Caribbean territories moved towards independence and America sought to shape the future of the region, scientific and economic advice became a key strategy for the maintenance of British control of the West Indian colonies. Britain needed to counter attempts by American-backed experts to promote a very different approach to industrial development after 1945 informed by the priorities of US foreign policy. 2018-09-11 23:55 2019-12-03 08:32:13 2020-04-01T12:28:52Z 2020-04-01T12:28:52Z 2018 book 1000473 OCN: 1076717827 9781526131409 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29463 eng Studies in Imperialism application/pdf n/a 9781526131409_fullhl.pdf Manchester University Press 10.7765/9781526131409 10.7765/9781526131409 6110b9b4-ba84-42ad-a0d8-f8d877957cdd d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd 9781526131409 Wellcome 244 Manchester, UK Wellcome Trust Wellcome open access
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This book produces a major rethinking of the history of development after 1940 through an exploration of Britain’s ambitions for industrialisation in its Caribbean colonies. Industrial development is a neglected topic in histories of the British Colonial Empire, and we know very little of plans for Britain’s Caribbean colonies in general in the late colonial period, despite the role played by riots in the region in prompting an increase in development spending. This account shows the importance of knowledge and expertise in the promotion of a model of Caribbean development that is best described as liberal rather than state-centred and authoritarian. It explores how the post-war period saw an attempt by the Colonial Office to revive Caribbean economies by transforming cane sugar from a low-value foodstuff into a lucrative starting compound for making fuels, plastics and medical products. In addition, it shows that as Caribbean territories moved towards independence and America sought to shape the future of the region, scientific and economic advice became a key strategy for the maintenance of British control of the West Indian colonies. Britain needed to counter attempts by American-backed experts to promote a very different approach to industrial development after 1945 informed by the priorities of US foreign policy.
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