{"product_id":"the-doctor-who-would-be-king-hardcover","title":"The Doctor Who Would Be King - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGuillaume Lachenal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCheryl Smeall\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Doctor Who Would Be King\u003c\/i\u003e Guillaume Lachenal tells the extraordinary story of Dr. Jean Joseph David, a French colonial army doctor who governed an entire region of French Cameroon during World War II. Dr. David--whom locals called \"emperor\"--dreamed of establishing a medical utopia. Through unchecked power, he imagined realizing the colonialist fantasy of emancipating colonized subjects from misery, ignorance, and sickness. Drawing on archives, oral histories, and ethnographic fieldwork, Lachenal traces Dr. David's earlier attempts at a similar project on a Polynesian island and the ongoing legacies of his failed experiment in Cameroon. Lachenal does not merely recount a Conradian tale of imperial hubris, he brings the past into the present, exploring the memories and remains of Dr. David's rule to reveal a global history of violence, desire, and failure in which hope for the future gets lost in the tragic comedy of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuillaume Lachenal is Professor in History of Science, médialab, Sciences Po, Paris and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lomidine Files: The Untold Story of a Medical Disaster in Colonial Africa\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cheryl Smeall is an independent scholar and translator.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412155941042,"sku":"9781478015246","price":174.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/8785df1ff43420ea4443e564ace50140.webp?v=1778315826","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-doctor-who-would-be-king-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}