This book examines how French colonial and medical authorities responded to the yellow fever, cholera, and plague epidemics in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal between 18

This book explores the intertwined histories of Saint-Louis, Senegal, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Although separated by an ocean, both cities were founded durin

Using the life of an African clerk who became a king under French colonial rule, this book illuminates conflicts over colonial policies and the application of c

For the past four decades, a rich scholarship has investigated the emergence of the prison in Europe and North America, mainly the connection between institutio

Tizian Zumthurm uses the extraordinary hospital of an extraordinary man to produce novel insights into the ordinary practice of biomedicine in colonial Central