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: 9780521403504

ISBN-10: 0521403502

ISBN-13: 9780521403504

Edition: 1992

Authors: Maryinez Lyons, Colin Jones, Charles Rosenberg

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The Belgians commonly referred to their colonisation of the Congo as a 'civilising mission', and many regarded the introduction of western bio-medicine as a central feature of their 'gift' to Africans. By 1930, however, it was clear that some features of their 'civilising mission' were in fact closely connected to the poor health of many of the Congolese. The Europeans had indeed brought scientific enquiry and western bio-medicine; but they had also introduced a harsh, repressive political system which, coupled with a ruthlessly exploitative economic system, led to the introduction of new diseases while already-existing diseases were exacerbated and spread. Tropical, or 'colonial', medicine…

Book details

List price: $99.99
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/28/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 351
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
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