Why did "microbe hunters" at the Pasteur Institute become the most important health experts in the French empire in the early twentieth century? Pasteur's Empire illustrates how French microbiologists transformed life in the colonies in the name of humanitarian public health, which often had grave consequences for those living under French rule.
Why did "microbe hunters" at the Pasteur Institute become the most important health experts in the French empire in the early twentieth century? Pasteur's Empire illustrates how French microbiologists transformed life in the colonies in the name of humanitarian public health, which often had grave consequences for those living under French rule.
Aro Velmet is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Southern California.
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List of Illustrations and Maps Acknowledgments Introduction: Technology and Scale in Colonial Politics 1. The Invention of Pastorization 2. Pastorization and Its Discontents 3. Monks and Warriors, Bureaucrats and Businessmen 4. The Making of Imperial Tuberculosis 5. BCG and Technopolitics from Europe to Empire 6. The Racial Politics of Microbes in Colonial Dakar 7. Africa in the Global Race for a Yellow Fever Vaccine Conclusion: Pastorian Origins of Global Health Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations and Maps Acknowledgments Introduction: Technology and Scale in Colonial Politics 1. The Invention of Pastorization 2. Pastorization and Its Discontents 3. Monks and Warriors, Bureaucrats and Businessmen 4. The Making of Imperial Tuberculosis 5. BCG and Technopolitics from Europe to Empire 6. The Racial Politics of Microbes in Colonial Dakar 7. Africa in the Global Race for a Yellow Fever Vaccine Conclusion: Pastorian Origins of Global Health Notes Bibliography Index
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