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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 / by Sjoerd Rijpma.
- Title
- David Livingstone and the myth of African poverty and disease : a close examination of his writing on the pre-colonial era / by Sjoerd Rijpma.
- Author
- Rijpma, Sjoerd, 1931-2015
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
- ©2015
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- Description
- xxx, 610 pages : maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Afrika-studiecentrum series ; v. 35
- Uniform Title
- Afrika-Studiecentrum series v. 35.
- Subject
- Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 > Travel > Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
- To 1899
- Public health > Africa, Sub-Saharan > History > To 1884
- Nutrition > Africa, Sub-Saharan > History > To 1884
- Nutritional Status
- History, 19th Century
- Missionaries
- Medicine in Literature
- Poverty > history
- Malnutrition > history
- Expeditions > history
- Africa, Sub-Saharan > Social conditions > 19th century
- Africa South of the Sahara
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-580) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Africa's past: surprising new aspects. 'Health and nutrition' or 'disease and hunger?' -- David Livingstone in tropical Africa. 1849-56: missionary travels and researches -- 1858-64: Narrative of an expedition -- David Livingstone: a usable source of 'general' information? -- Unexpected discoveries in tropical Africa; a journey with Blinkers. 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.
- ISBN
- 9789004277830 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9004277838 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9789004293731 (e-book)
- 9004293736 (e-book)
- LCCN
- ^^2015007829
- OCLC
- 904036844
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library