The Administration of Sickness: Medicine and Ethics in Nineteenth-Century Algeria

By William Gallois

Book Overview

This book is the first comprehensive study of French medicine in nineteenth-century Algeria. It argues that the medicalization was a priority for colonial regimes, but this goal was thwarted by ineffectual French medicine, institutional rivalries, and the manner in which medicine became a focus for the resistance of French domination and rule.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349352624
• ISBN13: 9781349352623
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"