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Beyond the State: The Colonial Medical Service in British Africa
Anna Greenwood
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Description for Beyond the State: The Colonial Medical Service in British Africa
Hardback. Examines colonial medical policy and the ways in which doctors of the Colonial Medical Service dealt with the day-to-day reality of care-giving in Imperial Africa. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 238 pages. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
The Colonial Medical Service was the personnel section of the Colonial Service, employing the doctors who tended to the health of both the colonial staff and the local populations of the British Empire. Although the Service represented the pinnacle of an elite government agency, its reach in practice stretched far beyond the state, with the members of the African service collaborating, formally and informally, with a range of other non-governmental groups. This collection of essays on the Colonial Medical Service of Africa illustrates the diversity and active collaborations to be found in the untidy reality of government medical provision. The ... Read more
The Colonial Medical Service was the personnel section of the Colonial Service, employing the doctors who tended to the health of both the colonial staff and the local populations of the British Empire. Although the Service represented the pinnacle of an elite government agency, its reach in practice stretched far beyond the state, with the members of the African service collaborating, formally and informally, with a range of other non-governmental groups. This collection of essays on the Colonial Medical Service of Africa illustrates the diversity and active collaborations to be found in the untidy reality of government medical provision. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Language
English
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Imperialism
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719089671
SKU
V9780719089671
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About Anna Greenwood
Anna Greenwood is Assistant Professor in the History of British Imperialism at the University of Nottingham -- .
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