LEADER 03855nam 2200637 450 001 9910460894703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a90-04-29373-6 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004293731 035 $a(CKB)3710000000430870 035 $a(EBL)2076202 035 $a(OCoLC)911912957 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001496983 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11814596 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001496983 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11489985 035 $a(PQKB)10480410 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2076202 035 $a(OCoLC)911912957$z(OCoLC)913078454 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004293731 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2076202 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11068503 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL803012 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000430870 100 $a20150225h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDavid Livingstone and the myth of African poverty and disease $ea close examination of his writing on the pre-colonial era /$fby Sjoerd Rijpma 210 1$aBoston :$cBrill,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (640 p.) 225 1 $aAfrika-studiecentrum series ;$vvolume 35 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a90-04-27783-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary 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. 330 $aThis study about David Livingstone is different from all other publications about him. Here, Livingstone is not the main topic of interest; the focus of the author is on nutrition and health in pre-colonial Africa and Livingstone is his key informant. David Livingstone and the Myth of African Poverty and Disease is an unusual book. After a close examination of Livingstone?s writings and comparative reading of contemporary authors, Sjoerd Rijpma has been able to draw cautious conclusions about the relatively favourable conditions of health and nutrition in southern and central Africa during the pre-colonial period. His findings shed new light on the medical history of Sub-Saharan Africa. The surprise awaiting travellers in and also before 19th century Africa was that the inhabitants of the interior, even the ?slaves?, were healthier and better fed than many of their contemporaries in Europe?s Industrial Revolution. ?An impressive piece of scholarship, truly forensic in its close reading and re-reading of Livingstone?s published works and those of other travellers during the same era, clearly a labour of love which has taken years to complete? (Joanna Lewis). 410 0$aAfrika-Studiecentrum series ;$vv. 35. 606 $aPublic health$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xHistory$yTo 1884 606 $aNutrition$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xHistory$yTo 1884 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xSocial conditions$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic health$xHistory 615 0$aNutrition$xHistory 676 $a362.10967 700 $aRijpma$b Sjoerd$f1931-2015,$0988173 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460894703321 996 $aDavid Livingstone and the myth of African poverty and disease$92259718 997 $aUNINA