Colonial pathologies, environment, and Western medicine in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1867-1920

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1. Verfasser: Ngalamulume, Kalala J.
Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York : Peter Lang, 2012.
Schriftenreihe:Society and politics in Africa, v. 21
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: Setting, themes, and conceptual perspectives
  • The making of a colonial city
  • "The white man's disease": the great yellow fever epidemics, 1867-1900
  • "The black man's disease": cholera and social inequality, 1868-1899
  • A conflict of interests among commerce, competing conceptions of public health, and civil liberties, 1882-1901
  • The scientific missions to Senegal and Brazil and the new paradigm, 1901-1912
  • Plague and violence in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1917-1920
  • Conclusion.