The Colonial Politics of Global Health : : France and the United Nations in Postwar Africa / / Jessica Lynne Pearson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Pearson, Jessica Lynne,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; 1. War, Citizenship, and the Limits of French Civilization --; 2. The United Nations and the Politics of Health --; 3. Between Colonial Knowledge and International Expertise --; 4. The World Health Organization Comes to Brazzaville --; 5. Family Health, France, and the Future of Africa --; 6. Fighting Illness, Battling Decolonization --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674989283; 9783110606621
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674989283
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jessica Lynne Pearson.

Jessica Lynne Pearson explores the collision between imperial and international visions of health and development in French Africa as postwar decolonization movements gained strength. The consequences of putting politics above public health continue to play out in constraints placed on international health organizations half a century later.