The Doctor Who Would Be King

by Guillaume Lachenal

Book Overview

In The Doctor Who Would Be King Guillaume Lachenal tells the extraordinary story of Dr. Jean Joseph David, a French colonial army doctor who governed an entire region of French Cameroon during World War II. Dr. David--whom locals called "emperor"--dreamed of establishing a medical utopia. Through unchecked power, he imagined realizing the colonialist fantasy of emancipating colonized subjects from misery, ignorance, and sickness. Drawing on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478017864
• ISBN13: 9781478017868
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"