Pasteur's Empire
Author | : Aro Velmet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2020 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780190072827 |
ISBN-13 | : 0190072822 |
Rating | : 4/5 (822 Downloads) |
Download or read book Pasteur's Empire written by Aro Velmet and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did "microbe hunters" at the Pasteur Institute become the most important health experts in the French empire in the early twentieth century? Pasteur's Empire illustrates how French microbiologists transformed life in the colonies in the name of humanitarian public health, which often had grave consequences for those living under French rule.