Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru - Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms

An original study examining the primacy placed on physicians and medical care to generate population growth and increase the workforce during the late eigteenth century in colonial Peru.

About the author

Adam Warren is assistant professor of history at the University of Washington.

Summary

An original study examining the primacy placed on physicians and medical care to generate population growth and increase the workforce during the late eigteenth century in colonial Peru.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Ph. D., Adam Warren
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.10.2010
• EAN: 9780822961116
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6111-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 238 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 457 g
• Series: Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American (Paperback; Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American (Paperback; Pitt Latin American
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous