Curing the Colonizers: Hydrotherapy, Climatology, and French Colonial Spas

Éric T. Jennings

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Preface and Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1. Acclimatization, Climatology, and the Possibility of Empire 8 2. Colonial Hydrotherapy 40 3. Highland Hydrotherapy in Guadeloupe 64 4. The Spas and Reunion Island: Antechambers to the Tropics 90 5. Leisure and Power at the Spa of Antsirabe, Madagascar 118 6. Korbous, Tunisia: Negating the Hamman 154 7. Vichy: Taking the Waters Back Home 178 Conclusion 211 Archival Abbreviations 215 Notes 217 Bibliography 247 Index 263

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