The Steamer Parish

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Christian Medical Missions and African Studies
2. The Lake Malawi Region: Forces of Change in the Late Nineteenth Century
3. The Return of the UMCA to Malawi: Technology and Political Relations in the Quest for Permanent Influence
4. Expanding the Steamer Parish: Ten Thousand Square Miles for Mission
5. Steamer Technology, Local Ecology, and Regional Economy
6. Health in Sub-Saharan Africa and Malawi on the Eve of Colonization
7. Medical Services for Missionaries and Africans
8. Gauging Change: African Health and Well-being
9. Treatment and Control: Limits and Contradictions of Science and Missionary Medicine
10. The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine
Bibliography
Index