Healers on the Colonial Market - Native Doctors and Midwives in the Dutch East Indies

Informationen zum Autor Liesbeth Hesselink (1943) received a PhD in the history of medicine from the University of Amsterdam in 2009. She has had a career in education and in politics. In addition she has published articles on prostitution and the medical history of the Dutch East Indies. Klappentext Healers on the Colonial Market is one of the few studies on the Dutch East Indies from a postcolonial perspective. It provides an enthralling addition to research on both the history of the Dutch East Indies and the history of colonial medicine.

Product details

• Authors: Liesbeth Hesselink
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2012
• EAN: 9789067183826
• ISBN: 978-90-6718-382-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Verhandelingen Van Het Koninkl
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore