A cultural history of French colonizers, and their ambitions and anxieties, as reflected through highland spas in th French empire.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Eric T. Jennings is Associate Professor of History and a member of Victoria College at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Vichy in the Tropics: Pétain’s National Revolution in Madagascar, Guadeloupe, and Indochina, 1940–1944 and a coeditor, with Jacques Cantier, of L’Empire colonial sous Vichy.
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Preface and Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1. Acclimatization, Climatology, and the Possibility of Empire 8 2. Colonial Hydrotherapy 40 3. Highland Hydrotherapy in Guadeloupe 64 4. The Spas and Réunion Island: Antechambers to the Tropics 90 5. Leisure and Power at the Spa of Antsirabe, Madagascar 118 6. Korbous, Tunisia: Negating the Hamman 154 7. Vichy: Taking the Waters Back Home 178 Conclusion 211 Archival Abbreviations 215 Notes 217 Bibliography 247 Index 263
Preface and Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1. Acclimatization, Climatology, and the Possibility of Empire 8 2. Colonial Hydrotherapy 40 3. Highland Hydrotherapy in Guadeloupe 64 4. The Spas and Réunion Island: Antechambers to the Tropics 90 5. Leisure and Power at the Spa of Antsirabe, Madagascar 118 6. Korbous, Tunisia: Negating the Hamman 154 7. Vichy: Taking the Waters Back Home 178 Conclusion 211 Archival Abbreviations 215 Notes 217 Bibliography 247 Index 263
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