Medical Missionaries and Colonial Knowledge in West Africa and Europe, 1885-1914 : Purity, Health and Cleanliness /

This open access book offers an entangled history of hygiene by showing how knowledge of purity, health and cleanliness was shaped by evangelical medical missionaries and their encounters with people in West Africa. By tracing the interactions and negotiations of six Basel Mission doctors, who pract...

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Main Author:	Ratschiller Nasim, Linda Maria (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Edition:	1st ed. 2023.
Series:	Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,
Subjects:	Imperialism. Africa > History. Medicine > History. Religion > History. Europe, Central > History. Imperialism and Colonialism. African History. History of Medicine. History of Religion. History of Germany and Central Europe. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book