Medicine and Empire (eBook)

1600-1960

Pratik Chakrabarti (Autor)

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2013
280 Seiten
Macmillan Education UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-37480-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.12.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-137-37480-2 / 1137374802
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-37480-6 / 9781137374806