Author | : Aro Velmet |
File Size | : 43,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 20 May 2024 |
ISBN | : 9780190072827 |
Pages | : 325 pages |
Pasteur s Empire by Aro Velmet Book PDF 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.