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David Livingstone and the myth of African poverty and disease : a close examination of his writing on the pre-colonial era /

This study about David Livingstone is different from all other publications about him. Here, Livingstone is not the main topic of interest; the focus of the author is on nutrition and health in pre-colonial Africa and Livingstone is his key informant. David Livingstone and the Myth of African Povert...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rijpma, Sjoerd, 1931-2015 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, [2015]
Colección:Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 35.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'Health and nutrition' or 'disease and hunger?'
  • 1849-56: missionary travels and researches
  • 1858-64: Narrative of an expedition
  • David Livingstone: a usable source of 'general' information?
  • 1849-56: missionary travels and researches
  • 1858-64: 'narrative of an expedition'
  • 1866-73: Waller's The Last Journals of David Livingstone
  • What David Livingstone really discovered in tropical Africa.