Journal article
Administering vaccination in interwar Algeria: Auxiliaires médicaux, smallpox, and the colonial state in the communes mixtes
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Compulsory smallpox vaccination was introduced to Algeria by decree on 27 May 1907. After World War I, the combination of public health crises, racialized fears of contagion, and the objective of mise en valeur prompted the colonial state to make Muslim villagers in the communes mixtes a more systematic target of smallpox vaccination. This was achieved in large part thanks to the efforts of Muslim medical auxiliaries. This article reconstructs the kinds of training, labor, and clerical skills...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Berghahn Journals Publisher's website
- Journal:
- French Politics, Culture and Society Journal website
- Volume:
- 34
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 32–56
- Publication date:
- 2016-01-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-02-29
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- EISSN:
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1558-5271
- ISSN:
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1537-6370
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- Deposit date:
- 2016-04-13
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- Berghahn
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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