The Politics of Disease Control Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890-1920 |
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| Author:
| Webel, Mari K. |
| Series title: | New African Histories Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8214-2400-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2019 |
| Publisher: | Ohio University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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Situating sleeping sickness control within African intellectual worlds and political dynamics, Webel prioritizes local histories to understand the successes and failures of a widely used colonial public health intervention--the sleeping sickness camp--in dialogue with African strategies to mitigate illness and death in the past.
Situating sleeping sickness control within African intellectual worlds and political dynamics, Webel prioritizes local histories to understand the successes and failures of a widely used colonial public health intervention--the sleeping sickness camp--in dialogue with African strategies to mitigate illness and death in the past.