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The colonial politics of global health : France and the United Nations in postwar Africa /

In The Colonial Politics of Global Health, Jessica Lynne Pearson explores the collision between imperial and international visions of health and development in French Africa as decolonization movements gained strength. After World War II, French officials viewed health improvements as a way to forge...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Pearson, Jessica Lynne, 1984- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • War, citizenship, and the limits of French civilization
  • The United Nations and the politics of health in the era of decolonization
  • Between colonial knowledge and international expertise
  • The WHO comes to Brazzaville
  • Family health, France, and the future of Africa
  • Fighting illness, battling decolonization.