Imperial Contagions - Medicine, Hygiene, and Cultures of Planning in Asia

Klappentext Imperial Contagions complicates common historical narratives portraying a straightforward shift from older, enclavist models of colonial medicine to newer pursuits of prevention and treatment among indigenous populations and European residents. In a series of essays, the volume shows colonial medicine was not a homogeneous, "on the ground" phenomenon but rather a practice rife with tensions and contradictions. Indigenous elites contested and appropriated Western medical knowledge and practices for their own purposes, while colonial policies contained contradictory and cross-cutting impulses. Contributors ultimately challenge the long-standing belief that colonial regimes uniformly regulated indigenous bodies and that colonial medicine served as a "tool of empire."

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Peckham, Robert (EDT)/ Pomfret Peckham
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert Peckham (Editore), David M. Pomfret (Editore)
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2013, ritardato
• EAN: 9789888139521
• ISBN: 978-988-8139-52-1
• Pagine: 320
• Categorie: Narrativa > Libri regalo, album, calendari perpetui, libri di cartoline; Saggistica > Storia > Altro