Colonial pathologies, environment, and Western medicine in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1867-1920 [electronic resource] / Kalala Ngalamulume.
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TextSeries: Society and politics in Africa ; v. 21Publication details: New York : Peter Lang, 2012.Description: xiii, 246 p. : illSubject(s): - Tropical medicine -- Senegal -- History
- Tropical medicine -- Social aspects -- Senegal -- History
- Public health -- Senegal -- History -- 19th century
- Epidemics -- Social aspects -- Senegal -- History
- French -- Senegal -- History -- 19th century
- France -- Colonies -- Africa, French-speaking West -- Social conditions
- 616.9/883009663 23
- RC962.S36 N45 2012eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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