Healing the African body : British medicine in West Africa 1800-1860 /

This timely book explores the troubled intertwining of religion, medicine, empire, and race relations in the early nineteenth century. John Rankin analyzes the British use of medicine in West Africa as a tool to usher in a softer form of imperialism, considers how British colonial officials, mission...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Rankin, John, Ph. D. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2015]
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