Colonial Politics of Global Health - France and the United Nations in Postwar Africa

Informationen zum Autor Jessica Lynne Pearson is Assistant Professor of History at Macalester College. Klappentext Jessica Lynne Pearson explores the collision between imperial and international visions of health and development in French Africa as postwar decolonization movements gained strength. The consequences of putting politics above public health continue to play out in constraints placed on international health organizations half a century later. Zusammenfassung Jessica Lynne Pearson explores the collision between imperial and international visions of health and development in French Africa as postwar decolonization movements gained strength. The consequences of putting politics above public health continue to play out in constraints placed on international health organizations half a century later.

Product details

• Authors: Jessica Lynne Pearson, Professor Jessica Lynne Pearson
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780674980488
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98048-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; France, MEDICAL / Health Policy, MEDICAL / Public Health, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Public health & preventive medicine, International institutions, Medical Sociology, Public health and preventive medicine, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), National liberation and independence, United Nations & Un Agencies