{"product_id":"medicine-and-empire-pratik-chakrabarti-9780230276369","title":"Medicine and Empire: 1600-1960","description":"The 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pratik Chakrabarti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0230276369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230276369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Pratik Chakrabarti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996717220095,"sku":"9780230276369","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f340ad15-823c-4d43-a976-1e1965d11228.jpg?v=1683343286","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/medicine-and-empire-pratik-chakrabarti-9780230276369","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}