{"product_id":"the-tale-of-healer-miguel-david-sowell-9780842028271","title":"The Tale of Healer Miguel Perdomo Neira: Medicine, Ideologies, and Power in the Nineteenth-Century Andes","description":"This new book tells the story of Miguel Perdomo Niera, a healer whose amazing cures during his travels through the northern Andes in the 1860s and 1870s evoked both enormous hostility and widespread adulation. A combination of narrative and analysis, the book documents Perdomo's experiences in Colombia and Ecuador and offers valuable insights into the social history of medicine during the Great Transformation in nineteenth-century Latin America. Perdomo's practice of medicine demonstrated a strong religious influence that liberals thought were incompatible with a modern, secular society. Physicians, formally trained medicos, and those who supported scientific modernization were critical of Perdomo's practice of Hispanic medicine, even though it was part of the medical system of the day. \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Healer Miguel Perdomo Neira\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable resource for courses in Latin American history and anthropology, and the history of Andean nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Sowell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0842028277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780842028271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.10w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2001 pg. 94","brand":"David Sowell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44583743193343,"sku":"9780842028271","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b92324db-b044-4165-9ab2-f033b2e6410a.jpg?v=1701883309","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tale-of-healer-miguel-david-sowell-9780842028271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}