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Beyond the State: The Colonial Medical Service in British Africa

Beyond the State: The Colonial Medical Service in British Africa

Greenwood, Anna

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Imperialism, Book 134

Medical ReferenceAfrican HistoryBritish History

ISBN10: 0719089670
ISBN13: 9780719089671
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Dec 1 2015
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

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 authors present important case studies covering former British colonial dependencies in Africa, including Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar. They reveal many new insights into the enactments of colonial policy and the ways in which colonial doctors negotiated the day-to-day reality during the height of imperial rule in Africa. The book provides essential reading for scholars and students of colonial history, medical history and colonial administration.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

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