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David Livingstone and the myth of African poverty and disease : a close examination of his writing on the pre-colonial era
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ISBN: 9789004277830 9789004293731 9004293736 9004277838 Year: 2015 Volume: 35 Publisher: Boston : Brill,

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This 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).

Geography militant : cultures of exploration and empire
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ISBN: 0631201114 0631201122 9780631201120 Year: 2001 Publisher: Oxford, UK Malden, Mass., USA Blackwell Publishers

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"This book traces the emergence of a modern culture of exploration, as reflected in the role of institutions such as the Royal Geographical Society and the reputation of explorers such as Livingstone and Stanley. The production and dissemination of geographical knowledge in the age of empire involved much more than the collection of new facts: it required the mobilization of a wide range of material and imaginative resources. Geography Militant pays particular attention to the contradictory and contested nature of geography, unravelling contemporary debates over the status of fieldwork, the ethics of exploration and the relations between science and sensationalism. These issues are of more than historical interest, as the culture of Geography Militant continually regenerates itself in the worlds of advertising, tourism and heritage." "This book will be of interest to scholars and students in Geography, History, Literature, Anthropology, Cultural Studies and the History of Science."--Jacket.


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Livingstone's 'lives'
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ISBN: 9780719095320 9781781707951 1781707952 9781847799135 1847799132 0719095328 1847799124 Year: 2015 Publisher: Manchester

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This study interrogates the heterogeneous nature of Livingstone's legacy and explores the plurality of identities that he has posthumously acquired. Investigating Livingstone's own self-staging, his Victorian commemoration, his imperialist and Scottish reputations, and his afterlife in postcolonial fiction and drama, it offers the first full exploration of his many incarnations over a lengthy chronological period.

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Rezeption. --- Popular culture. --- Literature. --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Explorers. --- Popular culture --- Explorers --- Discoverers --- Navigators --- Voyagers --- Adventure and adventurers --- Heroes --- Discoveries in geography --- Artistic impact --- Artistic influence --- Impact (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Literary impact --- Literary influence --- Literary tradition --- Tradition (Literature) --- Art --- Influence (Psychology) --- Literature --- Intermediality --- Intertextuality --- Originality in literature --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- History --- Livingstone, David, --- In literature. --- Influence. --- 1800 - 1899 --- Scotland. --- Great Britain. --- Africa, Southern. --- Southern Africa --- Caledonia --- Scotia --- Schotland --- Sŭkʻotʻŭllandŭ --- Ecosse --- Škotska --- Great Britain --- Fortwirken --- Nachwirkung --- Nachleben --- Wirkungsgeschichte --- Aneignung --- Auswirkung --- Fortleben --- Livingstone, D. --- Livingston, David --- Livingstone --- Ливингстон, Давид --- Missionar --- Afrikanist --- Forschungsreisender --- Afrikaforscher --- Entdeckungsreisender --- Blantyre --- Chitambo's Village, Ulala --- Livingstone, Thomas --- 19.03.1813-01.05.1873 --- 1813-1873 --- Sŭkʻotʻŭlland --- Africa, Southern --- Anglia --- Angliyah --- Briṭanyah --- England and Wales --- Förenade kungariket --- Grã-Bretanha --- Grande-Bretagne --- Grossbritannien --- Igirisu --- Iso-Britannia --- Marea Britanie --- Nagy-Britannia --- Prydain Fawr --- Royaume-Uni --- Saharātchaʻānāčhak --- Storbritannien --- United Kingdom --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland --- Velikobritanii͡ --- Wielka Brytania --- Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta --- Northern Ireland --- Scotland --- Wales --- History. --- Colonialism & Imperialism. --- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain. --- Colonialism & imperialism --- European history --- Livingston, David, --- Livingstons, Dāvids,

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