This book examines how French colonial and medical authorities responded to the yellow fever, cholera, and plague epidemics in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal between 18

For the past four decades, a rich scholarship has investigated the emergence of the prison in Europe and North America, mainly the connection between institutio

Using the life of an African clerk who became a king under French colonial rule, this book illuminates conflicts over colonial policies and the application of c

This book explores the intertwined histories of Saint-Louis, Senegal, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Although separated by an ocean, both cities were founded durin

This interdisciplinary book brings together eleven original contributions by scholars in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, America and Japan which represe