Pasteur's empire : bacteriology and politics in France, its colonies, and the world / Aro Velmet.
2020
RC115
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Title
Pasteur's empire : bacteriology and politics in France, its colonies, and the world / Aro Velmet.
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ISBN
9780190072858 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
Call Number
RC115
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.920094409034
Summary
Why did 'microbe hunters' at the Pasteur Institute become the most important health experts in the French empire in the early twentieth century? 'Pasteur's Empire' illustrates how French microbiologists transformed life in the colonies in the name of humanitarian public health, which often had grave consequences for those living under French rule.
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Why did 'microbe hunters' at the Pasteur Institute become the most important health experts in the French empire in the early twentieth century? 'Pasteur's Empire' illustrates how French microbiologists transformed life in the colonies in the name of humanitarian public health, which often had grave consequences for those living under French rule.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 13, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190072827
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