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Public Health at the Border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, 1890–1940

Part of the African Histories and Modernities Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47535-2

ISBN: 978-3-030-47534-5

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jun 30, 2020

1 - 9 of 9 Chapters

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Introduction

Dube, Francis

Pages: 1 –29

[In this chapter Dube introduces the concept of a contested border and, in a novel way, explores the utility of the border as a theoretical, methodological, and interpretive construct for understanding colonial public health.]
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The Trans-border Landscape: Regional Mobility and Health Before the Border

Dube, Francis

Pages: 33 –45

[Dube discusses the landscape and disease environment of the border region in this chapter. He provides a vivid sense of the environmental diversity to show why people would have crossed the border. Dube shows that the organization of precolonial public health overlapped with environmental...
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The Imposition of the Border and the Creation of a Public Health Problem

Dube, Francis

Pages: 49 –67

[In this chapter Dube details the process of colonization, the demarcation of the border, and subsequent border restrictions, as well as the establishment of Christian mission stations which played a crucial role in the provision of health services for the Shona people of the border region.]
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Colonial Border Restrictions and the African Response

Dube, Francis

Pages: 69 –80

[Dube examines the oppression that followed the establishment of colonial rule, such as land alienation, taxation, forced labor, and dipping fees in this chapter. He argues that these, together with border restrictions, contributed to the contestations of the border and colonial authority, as...
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The Political Ecology of Disease Control: The Border and Sleeping Sickness

Dube, Francis

Pages: 83 –127

[In this chapter, Dube discusses the increased incidence of sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis) as a result of environmental changes engendered by the imposition of colonial rule. He contends that sleeping sickness control policies led to restrictions on the mobility of African cattle herders...
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Cross-Border movements, Smallpox Epidemics, and Public Health

Dube, Francis

Pages: 129 –167

[Dube examines smallpox epidemics and control measures in this chapter. He shows how the border continued to be an obstacle to the implementation of effective regional public health policy. Dube shows how colonial governments deprived members of African Independent Churches of their right to...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), the Border, and Public Health

Dube, Francis

Pages: 169 –204

[In this chapter Dube considers the implications of the border on the control of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), particularly syphilis. He argues that the incidence of STDs increased under colonial rule. Dube shows how STD control efforts interfered with Shona ideas of privacy and...
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Borders and the Provision of Health Services for Rural Africans

Dube, Francis

Pages: 205 –244

[Dube discusses the extension of curative health services, through hospitals and clinics, to rural Africans in this chapter. He examines the spatial distribution of health services based on borders, both internal and intercolonial, while continuing the theme of the fear of diffusion of disease...
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Conclusion

Dube, Francis

Pages: 245 –247

[Dube concludes that the conjunction of a particular colonized society, a distinctive kind of colonialism, and a particular territorial border generated reluctance to embrace public health because certain colonial circumstances impeded the acceptance of therapeutic alternatives that were embraced...

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