02494nam 22006614a 450 991081363560332120090327080556.00-8223-3808-497866130225161-283-02251-610.1515/9780822388272(CKB)2440000000014145(EBL)1169281(OCoLC)317335542(SSID)ssj0000392989(PQKBManifestationID)11297512(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000392989(PQKBWorkID)10361343(PQKB)10109251317335542(MiAaPQ)EBC1169281(OCoLC)1140817588(MdBmJHUP)muse79858(DE-B1597)554202(DE-B1597)9780822388272(OCoLC)1224277900(EXLCZ)99244000000001414520090327d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCuring the colonizers hydrotherapy, climatology, and French colonial spas /Eric T. JenningsDurham Duke University Press20061 online resource (285 p.)e-Duke books scholarly collectionDescription based upon print version of record.0-8223-8827-8 0-8223-3822-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-262) and index.Acclimatization, climatology, and the possibility of empire -- Colonial hydrotherapy -- Highland hydrotherapy in Guadeloupe -- The spas of Reunion Island: antechambers to the tropics -- Leisure and power at the spa of Antsirabe, Madagascar -- Korbous, Tunisia: negating the hammam -- Vichy: taking the waters back home.Combines the histories of empire, leisure, tourism, culture, and medicine to explain how therapeutic spas for colonists facilitated French imperialism between 1830 and 1962.e-Duke books scholarly collection.HydrotherapyFrench coloniesHistoryHealth resortsFrench coloniesHistoryHydrotherapyFrench coloniesHistory.Health resortsFrench coloniesHistory.615.8/53615.853Jennings Eric Thomas517396MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813635603321Curing the colonizers3996340UNINA