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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