Book ID: CBB001022606

Curing the Colonizers: Hydrotherapy, Climatology, and French Colonial Spas (2006)

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Jennings, Eric Thomas (Author)


Duke University Press


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xi + 271 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Explores hydrotherapy and colonial acclimatization theory between 1830 and 1962 in the colonies Guadeloupe, Madagascar, Tunisia, and Réunion, as well as France itself.


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Essay Review Harrison, Mark (2009) After Empire: Searching for A New Synthesis. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 258-268). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Pearson-Patel, Jessica
Wisnicki, Adrian S
Tilley, Helen
Raina, Dhruv
Pritchard, Sara B.
Osborne, Michael A.
Journals
Social History of Medicine
Social Studies of Science
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of Southern African Studies
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Hygiea Internationalis
Publishers
Routledge
Manchester University Press
University of Chicago Press
University of California Press
Stanford University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Concepts
Colonialism
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Imperialism
France, colonies
Medicine
Great Britain, colonies
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Africa
France
Egypt
India
Vietnam
Algeria
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
Royal Society of London
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