LEADER 03551nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910791668403321 005 20230725015939.0 010 $a0-8214-4348-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000054886 035 $a(EBL)1746153 035 $a(OCoLC)711003835 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000468353 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11322512 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468353 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10507557 035 $a(PQKB)11622338 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1746153 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2877 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1746153 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10438171 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000054886 100 $a20100825d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe demographics of empire$b[electronic resource] $ethe colonial order and the creation of knowledge /$fedited by Karl Ittmann, Dennis D. Cordell, and Gregory H. Maddox 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (303 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-1932-3 311 $a0-8214-1933-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCounting subjects: demography and empire / Dennis D. Cordell, Karl Ittmann, and Gregory H. Maddox -- African historical demography in the postmodern and postcolonial eras / Dennis D. Cordell -- "Where nature dominates man": demographic ideas and policy in British Colonial Africa, 1890-1970 / Karl Ittmann -- How to count the subjects of empire? Steps toward an imperial demography in French West Africa before 1946 / Raymond R. Gervais and Issiaka Mande ?-- Makwerekwere: separating immigrants and natives in early colonial Natal / Thomas V. McClendon -- Counting and recounting: dislocation, colonial demography, and historical memory in northern Gabon / John M. Cinnamon -- The discourse of overpopulation in western Kenya and the creation of the Pioneer Corps / Meshack Owino -- Disease and reproductive health in Ujiji, Tanganyika: colonial and missionary discourses regarding Islam and a "dying population" / Sheryl A. McCurdy -- Disease and environment in Africa: imputed dynamics and unresolved issues / Gregory H. Maddox -- Reproducing labor: colonial government regulation of African women's reproductive lives / Meredeth Turshen -- African population: projections, 1850-1960 / Patrick Manning. 330 $aThe Demographics of Empire is a collection of essays examining the multifaceted nature of the colonial science of demography in the last two centuries. The contributing scholars of Africa and the British and French empires focus on three questions: How have historians, demographers, and other social scientists understood colonial populations? What were the demographic realities of African societies and how did they affect colonial systems of power? Finally, how did demographic theories developed in Europe shape policies and administrative structures in the colonies? The essays approach the su 606 $aDemography$zAfrica$xHistory 607 $aAfrica$xPopulation$xHistory$xResearch 615 0$aDemography$xHistory. 676 $a304.6096 701 $aIttmann$b Karl$01511313 701 $aCordell$b Dennis D.$f1947-$0657431 701 $aMaddox$b Gregory$01511314 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791668403321 996 $aThe demographics of empire$93744507 997 $aUNINA