David Livingstone and the myth of African poverty and disease : : a close examination of his writing on the pre-colonial era / / by Sjoerd Rijpma.
This study about David Livingstone is different from all other publications about him. Here, Livingstone is not the main topic of interest; the focus of the author is on nutrition and health in pre-colonial Africa and Livingstone is his key informant. David Livingstone and the Myth of African Povert...
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| Superior document: | Afrika-studiecentrum series ; volume 35 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Brill,, [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Afrika-Studiecentrum series ;
v. 35. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (640 p.) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- 1 ‘Health and Nutrition’ or ‘Disease and Hunger’?
- 2 1849–56: Missionary Travels and Researches
- 3 1858–64: Narrative of an Expedition
- 4 David Livingstone: A Usable Source of ‘General’ Information?
- 5 1849–56: Missionary Travels and Researches
- 6 1858–64: ‘Narrative of an Expedition’
- 7 1866–73: Waller’s The Last Journals of David Livingstone
- 8 What David Livingstone Really Discovered in Tropical Africa
- Some Closing Remarks
- Literature
- Books Consulted, Not Cited
- Maps: from David Livingstone and the Victorian Encounter with Africa
- Index.