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Author Rijpma, Sjoerd, 1931-2015, author

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
Published Leiden : Brill, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Series Afrika-studiecentrum series ; v. 35
Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 35
Contents 'Health and nutrition' or 'disease and hunger?' -- 1849-56: missionary travels and researches -- 1858-64: Narrative of an expedition -- David Livingstone: a usable source of 'general' information? -- 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
Summary This study about David Livingstone is different from all other publications about him. Here, Livingstone is not the main topic of interest; the focus of the author is on nutrition and health in pre-colonial Africa and Livingstone is his key informant. David Livingstone and the Myth of African Poverty and Disease is an unusual book. After a close examination of Livingstone's writings and comparative reading of contemporary authors, Sjoerd Rijpma has been able to draw cautious conclusions about the relatively favourable conditions of health and nutrition in southern and central Africa during the pre-colonial period. His findings shed new light on the medical history of Sub-Saharan Africa
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated from the Dutch language
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Subject Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 -- Travel -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
SUBJECT Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 fast
Livingstone, D., 1813-1873. (NL-LeOCL)069493790 nta
Subject Public health -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- To 1884
Nutrition -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- To 1884
Nutrition -- Evaluation.
Medicine in literature.
Nutritional Status
History, 19th Century
Missionaries
Medicine in Literature
Poverty -- history
Malnutrition -- history
Expeditions -- history
Nutrition Assessment
Central Africa.
Southern Africa.
health.
nutrition.
historical sources.
1800-1899.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Nutrition -- Evaluation
Medicine in literature
Nutrition
Public health
Social conditions
Travel
SUBJECT Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Africa, Sub-Saharan. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001667
Africa South of the Sahara
Subject Sub-Saharan Africa
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2015007829
ISBN 9789004293731
9004293736