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

Preface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(7) 1. Acclimatization, Climatology, and the Possibility of Empire 8(32) 2. Colonial Hydrotherapy 40(24) 3. Highland Hydrotherapy in Guadeloupe 64(26) 4. The Spas of Reunion Island: Antechambers to the Tropics 90(28) 5. Leisure and Power at the Spa of Antsirabe, Madagascar 118(36) 6. Korbous, Tunisia: Negating the Hammam 154(24) 7. Vichy: Taking the Waters Back Home 178(33) Conclusion 211(4) Archival Abbreviations 215(2) Notes 217(30) Bibliography 247(16) Index 263