{"product_id":"medicine-and-empire-1600-1960-paperback","title":"Medicine and Empire: 1600-1960 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePratik Chakrabarti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of modern medicine is inseparable from the history of imperialism. \u003ci\u003eMedicine and Empire\u003c\/i\u003e provides an introduction to this shared history - spanning three centuries and covering British, French and Spanish imperial histories in Africa, Asia and America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring 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: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- The increasing influence of natural history on medicine\u003cbr\u003e- The growth of European drug markets\u003cbr\u003e- The rise of surgeons in status\u003cbr\u003e- Ideas of race and racism\u003cbr\u003e- Advancements in sanitation and public health\u003cbr\u003e- The expansion of the modern quarantine system\u003cbr\u003e- The emergence of Germ theory and global vaccination campaigns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of modern medicine is inseparable from the history of imperialism. \u003cem\u003eMedicine and Empire\u003c\/em\u003e provides an introduction to this shared history - spanning three centuries and covering British, French and Spanish imperial histories in Africa, Asia and America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring 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: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- the increasing influence of natural history on medicine\u003cbr\u003e- the growth of European drug markets\u003cbr\u003e- the rise of surgeons in status\u003cbr\u003e- ideas of race and racism\u003cbr\u003e- advancements in sanitation and public health\u003cbr\u003e- the expansion of the modern quarantine system \u003cbr\u003e- the emergence of Germ theory and global vaccination campaigns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePratik Chakrabarti is Reader in History at the University of Kent, UK. He is the author of Western Science in Modern India: Metropolitan Methods, Colonial Practices (2004), Material and Medicine: Trade, Conquest and Therapeutics in the Eighteenth Century (2010) and Bacteriology in British India: Laboratory Medicine and the Tropics (2012). He is also one of the editors of the journal Social History of Medicine.\u003cbr\u003ePratik Chakrabarti is Reader in History at the University of Kent, UK. He is the author of Western Science in Modern India: Metropolitan Methods, Colonial Practices (2004), Material and Medicine: Trade, Conquest and Therapeutics in the Eighteenth Century (2010) and Bacteriology in British India: Laboratory Medicine and the Tropics (2012). He is also one of the editors of the journal Social History of Medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52611020620083,"sku":"9780230276369","price":87.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VU1iZ0hEd0owSndLYkdGVG9kOGpiUT09.webp?v=1761832332","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/medicine-and-empire-1600-1960-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}