Description: Further DetailsTitle: Colonial Pathologies, Environment, and Western Medicine in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1867-1920Condition: NewEAN: 9781433114991ISBN: 9781433114991Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/06/2012Item Height: 230mmItem Length: 155mmItem Weight: 480gAuthor: Kalala NgalamulumeLanguage: EnglishDescription: Focusing on yellow fever, cholera, and plague epidemics as well as on sanitation in the context of urban growth in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal between 1867 and 1920, this book explores how the French colonial and medical authorities responded to the emergence and re-emergence of deadly epidemic diseases and environmental contamination. Official reactions ranged from blaming the Africans and the tropical climate to the imposition of urban residential segregation and strictly enforced furloughs of civil servants and European troops. Drastic and disruptive sanitary measures led to a conflict between the interests of competing conceptions of public health and those of commerce, civil liberties, and popular culture. This book also examines the effort undertaken by the colonizer to make Senegal a healthy colony and Saint-Louis the healthiest port-city/capital through better hygiene, building codes, vector control, and the construction of waterworks and a sewerage system. The author offers insight into the urban processes and daily life in a colonial city during the formative years of the French empire in West Africa.Country/Region of Manufacture: USBook Series: Society & Politics in AfricaGenre: MedicineTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Colonial Pathologies, Environment, and Western Medicine in Saint-
Title: Colonial Pathologies, Environment, and Western Medicine in Saint-
EAN: 9781433114991
ISBN: 9781433114991
Release Date: 11/06/2012
Release Year: 2012
Item Height: 230mm
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Medicine
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 246 Pages
Publication Name: Colonial Pathologies, Environment, and Western Medicine in Saint-Louis-Du-Senegal, 1867-1920
Language: English
Publisher: Lang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
Subject: Miscellaneous, Africa / General, Sociology / General, General, Disease & Health Issues, Epidemiology, Tropical Medicine
Publication Year: 2012
Features: New Edition
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.9 Oz
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Kalala Ngalamulume
Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Social Science, Medical, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Society and Politics in Africa Ser.
Format: Hardcover
