Disease and Empire: The Health of European Troops in the Conquest of Africa

by Philip D. Curtin

Book Overview

Before the nineteenth century, European soldiers serving in the tropics died from disease at a rate several times higher than that of soldiers serving at home. Then, from about 1815 to 1914, the death... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521598354
• ISBN13: 9780521598354
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"