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

Name: Colonial Disease A Social History of Sleeping Sickness in Northern Zaire, 1900-1940
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ISBN: 9780521524520

ISBN-10: 0521524520

ISBN-13: 9780521524520

Edition: 2002

Authors: Maryinez Lyons, Colin Jones, Charles Rosenberg

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The Belgians commonly referred to their colonization of the Congo as a civilizing mission, but in fact the colonial system brought with it new diseases to the Congo. This book looks at the example of sleeping sickness.

Book details

List price: $64.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/6/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



List of maps


List of plates


List of tables


Preface


List of abbreviations



Disease and medicine in the history of Africa



From private empire to public colony



Mise en valeur: economic exploitation



Epidemiology and ecology of human sleeping sickness



'The lure of the exotic': sleeping sickness, tropical medicine and imperialism



Discovery: Liverpool scientists in the Congo



The campaign, part one: sleeping sickness and social medicine



The campaign, part two: the surveys and tensions



The African response



Public health, social engineering and African lives



Conclusion and legacy


Appendices


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index