Practising Colonial Medicine: The Colonial Medical Service in British East Africa

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Anna Crozier (University of Strathclyde, UK)

Practising Colonial Medicine

The Colonial Medical Service in British East Africa

Anna Crozier (University of Strathclyde, UK)

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English

I.B. Tauris
24 October 2007

History of medicine; Tropical medicine

"The role of the Colonial Medical Service - the organisation responsible for healthcare in British overseas territories - goes to the heart of the British Colonial project. ""Practising Colonial Medicine"" is a unique study based on original sources and research into the work of doctors who served in East Africa. It shows the formulation of a distinct colonial identity based on factors of race, class, background, training and Colonial Service traditions, buttressed by professional skills and practice. Anna Crozier analyses all aspects of recruitment, qualifications, training as well as the vital personal factors that shaped the Service's character - religion, a sense of adventure, professional interest, ideas of imperial service, family traditions, professional ties, perceptions of service to humanity and the building up of a common service mentality among colonial medical staff. This is the first comprehensive history of the Colonial Medical Service and makes an important contribution to our understanding of the social and cultural aspects of medical history."

By: Anna Crozier (University of Strathclyde UK)
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 513g
ISBN: 9781845114596
ISBN 10: 1845114590
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 24 October 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anna Crozier is a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare, Glasgow, at the University of Strathclyde. She researches the history of colonial medicine in East Africa and is currently engaged in a medical history of Zanzibar.

Reviews for Practising Colonial Medicine: The Colonial Medical Service in British East Africa

`An excellent book, definive in its treatment of the British colonial medical service, and of interest to all historians of British rule' - Wm. Roger Louis, Kerr Professor at the University of Texas at Austin 'This is an outstandingly well-researched study of the Colonial Medical Service in East Africa up to the eve of World War II. It not only represents a major contribution to the career histories of members of the British Colonial Services but also reminds us that the Colonial Service was much more than the well-documented Colonial Administrative Service.' Anthony Kirk-Greene, Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford