Colonial pathologies, environment, and Western medicine in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1867-1920 / Kalala Ngalamulume.

New York : Peter Lang, [2012]

xiii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-229) and index.

Introduction: Setting, themes, and conceptual perspectives -- The making of a colonial city -- "The white man's disease": the great yellow fever epidemics, 1867-1900 -- "The black man's disease": cholera and social inequality, 1868-1899 -- A conflict of interests among commerce, competing conceptions of public health, and civil liberties, 1882-1901 -- The scientific missions to Senegal and Brazil and the new paradigm, 1901-1912 -- Plague and violence in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1917-1920 -- Conclusion.