Medicine and Colonialism

Author	: Poonam Bala
Publisher	: Routledge
Total Pages	: 240
Release	: 2015-10-06
ISBN-10	: 9781317318224
ISBN-13	: 1317318226
Rating	: 4/5 (24 Downloads)

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Download or read book Medicine and Colonialism 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. 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.

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