Merchants of Medicines - The Commerce Coercion of Health in Britains Long Eighteenth Century

Informationen zum Autor Zachary Dorner is the Patrick Henry Postdoctoral Fellow in history at Johns Hopkins University. Klappentext "The circulation of medicine and medical knowledge in Britain was long entangled not simply with the mechanisms of commerce but with those of empire. The same networks that enabled the articulation and defense of imperial priorities also transmitted knowledge and value in ways that ultimately transformed the concept and norms of the field of medicine-and the conception of trade more broadly. From this entanglement gradually arose what we can recognize today as a modern, transnational mode of exchange of money, information, and medical standards. Zachary Dorner's book illuminates the codependence of empire and medical knowledge as they took root around the globe, directly shaping the quality and nature of life itself"--

Product details

• Authors: Zachary Dorner
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780226706801
• ISBN: 978-0-226-70680-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SCIENCE / History, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, History of Medicine, History of Science, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Manufacturing industries, 1714–1837 (Georgian period), C 1700 To C 1800