Charles Nicolle, Pasteur's imperial missionary : typhus and Tunisia / Kim Pelis.
Charles Nicolle, Pasteur's imperial missionary : typhus and Tunisia / Kim Pelis.
Charles Nicolle, Pasteur's imperial missionary : typhus and Tunisia / Kim Pelis.
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Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N579.3092/1
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English
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Physical content
p. ; cm.
Contents
Prelude: the substance of shadows -- Introduction: the door of the sadiki -- Thesis: embracing missions -- Staring at the sea: Nicolle and the Pasteur Institute of Tunis -- The threshold of civilization: typhus in Tunisia -- Rupture: things fall apart -- Light & shadow: lousy war and fractured peace...
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Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2006.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2006.
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"This book examines the biomedical research of Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist Charles Nicolle during his tenure as director of the Pasteur Institute of Tunis (1903-36). Using typhus as its lens, it demonstrates how the complexities of early twentieth century bacteriology, French imperial ideology, the "Pastorian mission," and conditions in colo...
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Charles Nicolle, Pasteur's imperial missionary : typhus and Tunisia / Kim Pelis.
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Rochester studies in medical history, 1526-2715 ; 7.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N579.3092/1
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74VKvwqOB3rO
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1580461972 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781580461979 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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579.3092 B
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991021407939702626
