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
Language: English


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

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
Kusiak, Pauline Marie
Au, Sokhieng
Bala, Poonam
Bastos, Cristiana
Chakrabarti, Pratik
Coleborne, Catharine
Journals
History and Technology
Social History of Medicine
British Journal for the History of Science
Health and History
Hygiea Internationalis
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
Manchester University Press
Routledge
Cornell University
University of California, Berkeley
Lexington Books
Palgrave Macmillan
Concepts
Colonialism
France, colonies
Medicine
Imperialism
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Great Britain, colonies
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
21st century
Places
Africa
France
Algeria
India
Vietnam
Great Britain
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
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