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WESTERN MEDICINE AS CONTESTED KNOWLEDGE
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Hardback |
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£20.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0719046734 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780719046735 |
| Publisher: |
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
19 June, 1997 |
| Series: |
Studies in Imperialism |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
Examines the range of non-Western responses to Western medicine across the spectrum of Western imperialist influence, from Japan in the East to the Navajo of North America in the West. The text aims to make a contribution to the debate about the relationship between knowledge and political power. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the first volume to examine the range and extent of non-Western responses to Western medicine across the spectrum of Western imperialist influence, from Japan in the East to Navajo of the North American plains in the West. Medicine has always been a significant tool of empire. In the nineteenth century, Western missionaries were candid about the value of medicine for introducing the heathen first to Christianity and then to trade with the west. Even today, Western-defined health programmes remain potent markers of the level of modernisation - and hence 'civilisation' - achieved by a country, and are frequently tied to the terms of international loans. |
| Illustrations: |
4 illustrations, 1 map |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Manchester University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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