Cover -- About Author -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction Expertise, Development, and the State at the Climax of Empire -- Chapter 1. Setting the Terms of the Debate: Science, the State, and the "New Imperialism" -- Chapter 2. Developing the "Imperial Estate": Early Patronage and Pessimism for Colonial Scientific Research and Technical Assistance, 1895-1914 -- Chapter 3. Science for Development: The Expansion of Colonial Agricultural Research and Advisory Networks, 1914-35 -- Chapter 4. The "Human Side" of Development: Trusteeship and the Turn to "Native" Health and Education, 1918-35 -- Chapter 5. View from the Field: Rethinking Colonial Agricultural and Medical Knowledge between the Wars, 1920-40 -- Chapter 6. View from Above: The Consolidation of Knowledge and the Reorganization of the Colonial Office, 1935-45 -- Chapter 7. Triumph of the Expert: Development, Environment, and the "Second Colonial Occupation," 1945-60 -- Conclusion Postcolonial Consultants, Agrarian Doctrines of Development, and the Legacies of Late Colonialism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.