Transplanting Modernity: New Histories of Poverty, Development, and Environment: The Environmental Legacy of International Development (Intersections: ... Science, and Technology in the Anthropocene) - Hardcover

 
9780822946397: Transplanting Modernity: New Histories of Poverty, Development, and Environment: The Environmental Legacy of International Development (Intersections: ... Science, and Technology in the Anthropocene)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0822946394 ISBN 13: 9780822946397
Verlag: UNIV OF PITTSBURGH PR, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

Calls for an Honest Reckoning of the Successes, Failures, and Unanticipated Results of International Developments

In general, “development” denotes movement or growth toward something better in the future. International development—widespread in the decades following World War II—was an effort at purposeful change in landscapes around the world. Contributors to this volume argue that these projects constituted an effort to transplant modernity, such as knowledge or technology, from places seen as more developed to places perceived as un- or underdeveloped. During its heyday, international development included not just dams, roads, health programs, and agricultural projects but also animal husbandry schemes, urban development, and wildlife protection plans. Projects often succeeded or failed because of existing environmental conditions, and in turn, these programs remade—or tried to remake—the land, water, wildlife, and people around them. From American-directed failures in water engineering in Afghanistan to the impact of livestock epidemics on economic growth in East Africa, the chapters in Transplanting Modernity question how science, technology, and faith in Western notions of progress have influenced the pace, scope, and scale of development.  

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jenny Leigh Smith is a historian and independent scholar currently residing in western New York. Her research interests include agriculture, food security, humanitarian logistics, and the environmental impact of development.  

Thomas B. Robertson is a historian and independent scholar living in Maryland. His interests include malaria, land reform, conservation, and South Asia.

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Verlag
UNIV OF PITTSBURGH PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0822946394
ISBN 13 
9780822946397
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
300
Herausgeber
Smith Jenny Leigh, Robertson Tom
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