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Health, Healing and Illness in African History
In this book, Rebekah Lee offers a critical introduction to the diverse history of health, healing and illness in sub-Saharan Africa from the 1800s to the present day. Its focus is not simply on disease but rather on how illness and health were understood and managed: by healthcare providers, African patients, their families and communities. Through a sustained interdisciplinary approach, Lee brings to the foreground a cast of actors, institutions and ideas that both profoundly and intimately shaped African health experiences and outcomes. This book guides the reader through a wide range of historical source material, and highlights the theoretical and methodological innovations which have e...
Black Peril, White Virtue
Over the next decades more than twenty men were executed, though many were innocent of any serious crime." "As Jock McCulloch shows, the panics were complex events which encompassed such issues as miscegenation, prostitution, the management of venereal disease, the politics of concubinage, and the construction of whiteness."--BOOK JACKET.
Bad Dust
Though it was banned in the UK in 1999, asbestos still kills more than 5,000 people every year. How did this happen? And what can we do about it? Asbestos was once known as the “magic mineral.” Cheap, versatile, and tough, it was used in a wide range of industrial and consumer products, from fireproofing spray on warships, to insulation panels in high-rise towers, to tablecloths and ironing board covers. But from the dawn of the industry in the late 1800s, it was apparent that asbestos dust was particularly harmful to workers’ lungs. Later, it became clear that even trivial exposure can cause incurable cancers. Bad Dust traces a history of the asbestos disaster and shows how the materi...
Colonialism and Psychiatry
This book brings together academics and clinicians from different parts of the world with different experiences of colonialism to share their experiences and analyse the impact of colonialism on mental health.
China's Aid & Soft Power in Africa
China's dramatic economic and trade impact on the developing world has received global attention, yet its role as an education donor, especially for Africans in China and within Africa itself, has received little attention. Here is hard evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa of the dramatic growth of China's soft power and of the implications of this for Africa, China and the world.
