Colonial Disease - A Social History of Sleeping Sickness in Northern Zaire, 1900-1940

Klappentext A case-study in the history of sleeping sickness! relating it to the western 'civilising mission'. Zusammenfassung The Congolese people termed sleeping sickness the 'colonial disease'. This study examines why Belgian colonisation of the Congo! rather than benefiting the local population! exacerbated many diseases. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; List of plates; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Disease and medicine in the history of Africa; 2. From private empire to public colony; 3. Mise en valeur: economic exploitation; 4. Epidemiology and ecology of human sleeping sickness; 5. 'The lure of the exotic': sleeping sickness, tropical medicine and imperialism; 6. Discovery: Liverpool scientists in the Congo; 7. The campaign, part one: sleeping sickness and social medicine; 8. The campaign, part two: the surveys and tensions; 9. The African response; 10. Public health, social engineering and African lives; 11. Conclusion and legacy; Appendices; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Maryinez Lyons, Maryinez (University of London) Lyons, Lyons Maryinez, Lyons Maryinez
• Assisted by: Charles Rosenberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.2002
• EAN: 9780521524520
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52452-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Democratic Republic of Congo