Triumph of the expert; agrarian doctrines of development and the legacies of British colonialism

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2007

Triumph of the expert; agrarian doctrines of development and the legacies of British colonialism.

Hodge, Joseph Morgan.

Ohio University Press

2007

402 pages

$26.95

Paperback

Ohio University Press series in ecology and history

HC259

The economic depression of the early 1930s and the rising social unrest in the form of strikes, riots, and disturbances that followed in its wake, marked a critical turning point in the colonial encounter, argues Hodge (history, West Virginia U.-Morgantown). He contends that the colonial response to the social, economic, and ecological crises provided the framework of ideas and practices that support the current models of development. The nexus of Britain and agriculture serves as his case study.

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