Medicine and Empire - 1600-1960

The history of modern medicine is inseparable from the history of imperialism. Medicine and Empire provides an introduction to this shared history - spanning three centuries and covering British, French and Spanish imperial histories in Africa, Asia and America.Exploring the major developments in European medicine from the seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century, Pratik Chakrabarti shows that the major developments in European medicine had a colonial counterpart and were closely intertwined with European activities overseas:- The increasing influence of natural history on medicine- The growth of European drug markets- The rise of surgeons in status- Ideas of race and racism- Advancements in sanitation and public health- The expansion of the modern quarantine system- The emergence of Germ theory and global vaccination campaignsDrawing on recent scholarship and primary texts, this book narrates a mutually constitutive history in which medicine was both a ''tool'' and a product of imperialism, and provides an original, accessible insight into the deep historical roots of the problems that plague global health today.>

Info autore

Pratik Chakrabarti is Reader in History at the University of Kent, UK.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pratik Chakrabarti, Chakrabarti Pratik
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.12.2013
• EAN: 9780230276369
• ISBN: 978-0-230-27636-9
• Pagine: 280
• Dimensioni: 154 mm x 232 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; B, Cultural History, History, History: theory & methods, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / World, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Medicine, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, Civilization—History, History: theory and methods