Book ID: CBB001551020

Medicine and Empire: 1600--1960 (2014)

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Chakrabarti, Pratik (Author)


Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 2014
Language: English


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: xxxiv + 246 pp.; ill.

Medicine and Empire provides an introduction to this shared history - spanning three centuries and covering British, French and Spansh imperial histories in Africa, Asia and America.

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Review Peter Hobbins (2016) Review of "The Library at the End of the World: Natural Science and Its Illustrators". Historical Records of Australian Science (pp. 92-102). unapi

Review Singh, Neil (2015) Review of "Medicine and Empire: 1600--1960". Social History of Medicine (pp. 197-198). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bala, Poonam
Bigelow, Allison Margaret
Coleborne, Catharine
Crawford, Matthew James
Ebrahimnejad, Hormoz
Gabriel, Joseph M.
Journals
Bulletin of Latin American Research
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Health and History
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Social History of Medicine
Publishers
Routledge
Brill
Duke University Press
Hong Kong University Press
Lexington Books
Manchester University Press
Concepts
Colonialism
Great Britain, colonies
Medicine
Imperialism
France, colonies
Spain, colonies
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
16th century
17th century
20th century, early
Places
Africa
Americas
Europe
India
Vietnam
Algeria
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