Debility and the moral imagination in Botswana

Debility and the moral imagination in Botswana / Julie Livingston.

Julie Livingston documents how transformations wrought by colonialism, independence, industrialisation and development in Botswana have affected changes in bodily life and perceptions of health, illness, debility and accident. She offers an understandingof the dynamic between social change and suffe...

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Main Author: Livingston, Julie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2005.
Series:African systems of thought.
Subjects:
1900 - 1999
Social change > Health aspects > Botswana.
Human body > Social aspects > Botswana.
Public health > Botswana.
Asthenia > Botswana.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Asthenia
Human body > Social aspects
Public health
Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen
Körpererfahrung
Debilität
Botswana > Social conditions > 20th century > Health aspects.
Botswana > Economic conditions > 20th century > Health aspects.
Botswana > Moral conditions > Health aspects.
Botswana
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Julie Livingston documents how transformations wrought by colonialism, independence, industrialisation and development in Botswana have affected changes in bodily life and perceptions of health, illness, debility and accident. She offers an understandingof the dynamic between social change and suffering.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0253111498
9780253111494
128207251X
9781282072510
Access:Unlimited Users and Download Restrictions may Apply, Project Muse Unlimited-User Licence. Available using University of Exeter Username and Password.
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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