Colonial pathologies, environment, and Western medicine in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1867-1920
By: Kalala Ngalamulume
Series: Society and politics in Africa -- v. 21; Society and politics in Africa -- v. 21.
Publisher: Peter Lang; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers; Brand: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781433114991; 9781453908136
Subjects: Social conditions; Epidemics; Tropical medicine; Public health; Colonies; French; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Setting, themes, and conceptual perspectives; title: The making of a colonial city; title: "The white man's disease": the great yellow fever epidemics, 1867-1900; title: "The black man's disease": cholera and social inequality, 1868-1899; title: A conflict of interests among commerce, competing conceptions of public health, and civil liberties, 1882-1901; title: The scientific missions to Senegal and Brazil and the new paradigm, 1901-1912; title: Plague and violence in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1917-1920; title: Conclusion.