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BLACK DEATH, WHITE MEDICINE
BUBONIC PLAGUE AND THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN COLONIAL SENEGAL, 1914-1945 |
| By: |
Myron Echenberg |
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Paperback |
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£18.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0852556462 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780852556467 |
| Publisher: |
JAMES CURREY |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2002 |
| Series: |
Social History of Africa S. |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Demonstrates how struggles over public health were related to other power struggles during colonial rule. |
| Synopsis: |
The bubonic plague took over 50,000 lives in colonial Senegal between 1914 and 1945. The Africans tenaciously resisted coercive and punitive plague control measures. This text examines how colonizer and colonized changed their perceptions of the epidemic over time. |
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8 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
James Currey |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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