Seeking reading suggestions: Colonialism and the study of tropical diseases. The burden of infectious diseases during the colonisation of Africa and Asia and how it pushed for the study of these illnesses. Any recommendations?

by lucanraglancardigan

It has been a topic I've always been extremely interested in but can hardly find good books about. Any reading material, or documentary, or scientific paper that discusses this that you can recommend would make me very happy.

History of tropical medicine/diseases that isn't necessarily related to colonialism is also very welcome. Applies to South America as well. Cheers!

SarahAGilbert

Hi there anyone interested in recommending things to OP! While you might have a title to share, this is still a thread on /r/AskHistorians, and we still want the replies here to be to an /r/AskHistorians standard - presumably, OP would have asked at /r/history or /r/askreddit if they wanted a non-specialist opinion. So give us some indication why the thing you're recommending is valuable, trustworthy, or applicable! Posts that provide no context for why you're recommending a particular podcast/book/novel/documentary/etc, and which aren't backed up by a historian-level knowledge on the accuracy and stance of the piece, will be removed.