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Empire, disease, and the rise of modern medicine across the globe.
A Cultural History of Medicine in the Age of Empire
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296 pages
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16 October 2024
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Summary
Medicine and Empire: A Cultural History of Health in the 19th Century
Historians call the 19th century the age of empire, a time defined by expansion and industrialization. Western medicine evolved into a modern form, shaped by industrial capitalism, government health monitoring, and a colonial mindset that drove exploration and encounters with unfamiliar environments and diseases.
Food, drugs, people, and sickness traveled the globe, transforming understandings of health an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350451612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350451614 |
| Series: | The Cultural Histories Series |
| Author: | Jonathan Reinarz |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 580g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 170mm x 16mm |
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About The Author
Jonathan Reinarz
Roger Cooter is Wellcome Professorial Fellow at UCL Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London, UK.
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