Fr. 54.50

Medicine and Empire - 1600-1960

Inglese · Tascabile

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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.>

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

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