Steamer Parish The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine on an African Frontier

Name: Steamer Parish The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine on an African Frontier
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ISBN: 9780226302812

ISBN-10: 0226302814

ISBN-13: 9780226302812

Edition: 2003

Authors: Charles M. Good

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In the mid 1800s, a group of High Anglicans formed the Universities Mission to Central Africa, bringing education, medical care and the Church to rural Africans. This work traces the mission's history and its lasting impact on public health care in South Central Africa.

Book details

List price: $113.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 1/10/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 440
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.91" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations



Christian Medical Missions and African Studies



The Lake Malawi Region: Forces of Change in the Late Nineteenth Century



The Return of the UMCA to Malawi: Technology and Political Relations in the Quest for Permanent Influence



Expanding the Steamer Parish: Ten Thousand Square Miles for Mission



Steamer Technology, Local Ecology, and Regional Economy



Health in Sub-Saharan Africa and Malawi on the Eve of Colonization



Medical Services for Missionaries and Africans



Gauging Change: African Health and Well-being



Treatment and Control: Limits and Contradictions of Science and Missionary Medicine



The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine


Bibliography


Index