Public Health at the Border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, 1890–1940 - Francis Dube

Public Health at the Border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, 1890–1940

African Experiences in a Contested Space

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Buch | Hardcover
XI, 258 Seiten
2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-47534-5 (ISBN)
96,29 inkl. MwSt
This book is the first major work to explore the utility of the border as a theoretical, methodological, and interpretive construct for understanding colonial public health by considering African experiences in the Zimbabwe-Mozambique borderland. It examines the impact of colonial public health measures such as medical examinations/inspections, vaccinations, and border surveillance on African villagers in this borderland. The book asks whether the conjunction of a particular colonized society, a distinctive kind of colonialism, and a particular territorial border generated reluctance to embrace public health because of certain colonial circumstances which impeded the acceptance of therapeutic alternatives that were embraced by colonized people elsewhere. It asks historians to look elsewhere for similar kinds of histories involving racialized application of public health policies in colonial borderlands.

Francis Dube is Associate Professor of History at Morgan State University, USA. He specializes in the history of the environment and health in Southern Africa. Before joining Morgan State University, he was Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, USA.

Introduction.- Chapter 1: The Creation Of The Border And The Making Of The Border As A Public Health Problem.- Chapter II: The Political Ecology Of Disease Control: The Border And Sleeping Sickness.- Chapter III: Cross-Border Movements, Smallpox Epidemics, And Public Health.- Chapter IV: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Borders, And Public Health.- Chapter V: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Borders, And Public Health.- Chapter VI: Independent African Churches, The Border, And Public Health.- Chapter VII: Medicine Without Borders: The Cross-Border Work Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions.- Conclusion.- Postscript: The Border Region Today. 

"Public Health at the Border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, 1890-1940 is a well written and thoroughly researched book about various dimensions of 'health' ... . a valuable contribution to the research on colonial public health. ... The strength of this book is the integration of so many aspects in on study ... ." (Geert Castryck, H-Soz-Kult, hsozkult.de, May 31, 2022)

"Public Health at the Border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, 1890–1940 is a well written and thoroughly researched book about various dimensions of 'health' ... . a valuable contribution to the research on colonial public health. ... The strength of this book is the integration of so many aspects in on study ... ." (Geert Castryck, H-Soz-Kult, hsozkult.de, May 31, 2022)

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie African Histories and Modernities
Zusatzinfo XI, 258 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 483 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Schlagworte African borderlands • Border studies • cross-border health issues • Disease in Africa • Ebola • Epidemics • Mozambique • Shona people • Western medicine • Zimbabwe
ISBN-10 3-030-47534-4 / 3030475344
ISBN-13 978-3-030-47534-5 / 9783030475345
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