Medicine and Colonialism
Download or Read eBook Medicine and Colonialism PDF written by Poonam Bala and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Poonam Bala |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2015-10-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781317318224 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1317318226 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Medicine and Colonialism by : Poonam Bala
Book excerpt: Focusing on India and South Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the essays in this collection address power and enforced modernity as applied to medicine. Clashes between traditional methods of healing and the practices brought in by colonizers are explored across both territories.
