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- Book Title
- The Idea of Development in Africa
- EAN
- 9781107503229
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication Name
- The Idea of Development in Africa
- Title
- The Idea of Development in Africa
- Subtitle
- A History
- ISBN
- 9781107503229
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Release Date
- 29/10/2020
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Release Year
- 2020
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 150mm
- Item Length
- 230mm
- Item Width
- 20mm
- Item Weight
- 510g
- Series
- New Approaches to African History
- Subject
- Business & Finance
- Type
- Textbook
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107503221
ISBN-13
9781107503229
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13050086477
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Idea of Development in Africa : a History
Subject
Africa / General
Publication Year
2020
Features
New Edition
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Series
New Approaches to African History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Item Length
5.9 in
Item Width
9.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
'A smart, sweeping history that explores how colonial ideas about Africa and Africans - including moral imperatives, the inventions of 'tribes,' and scientific racism - shaped development paradigms and projects across the continent. The Idea of Development in Africa is a 'must-teach' book for courses on Africa and in development studies.' Dorothy Hodgson, Brandeis University
Dewey Decimal
960.3
Table Of Content
Introduction; Part I. Origins of the Development Episteme: 1. From Progress to Development; 2. Knowledge and the Development Episteme; 3. Eugenics and Racism in the Development Episteme; 4. Decolonizing the Idea of Development; Part II. Implementation of the Development Episteme: 5. The Salvation of Science; 6. Challenges to Development; 7. From Modernization to Structural Adjustment; 8. The New Missionaries; Part III. Development 'Problems': 9. Reshaping Huts and Homes; 10. Lessons in Separate Development; 11. Capitalizing on Dis-Ease; 12. Manufacturing Modernization; 13. African Critiques of the Development Episteme.
Edition Description
New Edition
Synopsis
An innovative approach to examining the history and culture of development which has been an essential component of the 'idea of Africa' in western discourses since the early 1800s, this engaging coursebook provides detailed case study analysis to enhance understanding of key theoretical and historical concepts., The Idea of Development in Africa challenges prevailing international development discourses about the continent, by tracing the history of ideas, practices, and 'problems' of development used in Africa. In doing so, it offers an innovative approach to examining the history and culture of development through the lens of the development episteme, which has been foundational to the 'idea of Africa' in western discourses since the early 1800s. The study weaves together an historical narrative of how the idea of development emerged with an account of the policies and practices of development in colonial and postcolonial Africa. The book highlights four enduring themes in African development, including their present-day ramifications: domesticity, education, health, and industrialization. Offering a balance between historical overview and analysis of past and present case studies, Elisabeth McMahon and Corrie Decker demonstrate that Africans have always co-opted, challenged, and reformed the idea of development, even as the western-centric development episteme presumes a one-way flow of ideas and funding from the West to Africa.
LC Classification Number
DT29
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