Public Health at the Border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, 1890–1940 : African Experiences in a Contested Space / by Francis Dube.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dube, Francis, Author.

Series:

African Histories and Modernities, 2634-5781

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa, Sub-Saharan--History.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Medicine--History.

Medicine.

Imperialism.

Emigration and immigration.

History of Sub-Saharan Africa.

History of Medicine.

Imperialism and Colonialism.

Human Migration.

Local Subjects:

History of Sub-Saharan Africa.

History of Medicine.

Imperialism and Colonialism.

Human Migration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed. 2020.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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. .

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9783030475352

3030475352