The Planning Moment – Colonial and Postcolonial Histories Blacker Brownell Nag

The Planning MomentColonial and Postcolonial Histories\nAuthor(s): Sarah Blacker, Emily Brownell, Anindita Nag, Martina Schlnder, Sarah Van Beurden, Dagmar Schfer, Itty Abraham, Benjamin Allen, Sarah Blacker, Emily Brownell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9781531506629, 978-1531506629\nSynopsis\nEmpires and their aftermaths were massive planning institutions; in the past two hundred years, the natural and social sciences emergedat least in partas modes of knowledge production for imperial planning. Yet these connections are frequently under-emphasized in the history of science and its corollary fields. \n The Planning Moment explores the myriad ways plans and planning practices pervade recent global history. The book is built around twenty-seven brief case studies that explore the centrality of planning in colonial and postcolonial environments, relationships, and contexts, through a range of discipling