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