Crossing Colonial Historiographies - Histories of Colonial and Indigenous Medicines in Transnational Perspective (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)

This book offers an innovative engagement with the diverse histories of colonial and indigenous medicines. Engagement with different kinds of colonialism and varied indigenous socio-political cultures has led to a wide range of approaches and increasingly distinct traditions of historical writing about colonial and indigenous modes of healing have emerged in the various regions formerly ruled by different colonial powers. The volume offers a much-needed opportunity to explore new conceptual perspectives and encourages critical reflection on how scholars' research specialisms have influenced their approaches to the history of medicine and healing. The book includes contributions on different geographical regions in Asia, Africa and the Americas and within the varied contexts of Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch and British colonialisms. It deals with issues such as internal colonialism, the plural history of objects, transregional circulation and entanglement, and the historicisation of medical historiography. The chapters in the volume explore the scope for conceptual interaction between authors from diverse disciplines and different regions, highlighting the synergies and thematic commonalities as well as differences and divergences.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	July 2010
Editors:	Anne Digby • Waltraud Ernst
Authors:	Projit B. Muhkarji
Dimensions:	212 x 148 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With dust jacket
Pages:	280
Edition:	Unabridged edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4438-2154-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-4438-2154-3
Barcode:	9781443821544

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