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Health, Healing and Illness in African History (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,505
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Health, Healing and Illness in African History (Hardcover): Rebekah Lee

Health, Healing and Illness in African History (Hardcover)

Rebekah Lee

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In this book, Rebekah Lee offers a critical introduction to the diverse history of health, healing and illness in sub-Saharan Africa from the 1800s to the present day. Its focus is not simply on disease but rather on how illness and health were understood and managed: by healthcare providers, African patients, their families and communities. Through a sustained interdisciplinary approach, Lee brings to the foreground a cast of actors, institutions and ideas that both profoundly and intimately shaped African health experiences and outcomes. This book guides the reader through a wide range of historical source material, and highlights the theoretical and methodological innovations which have enriched this scholarship. Part One delivers a concise historical overview of African health and illness from the long 'pre-colonial' past through the colonial period and into the present day, providing an understanding of broad patterns - of major disease challenges, experiences of illness, and local and global health interventions - and their persistence or transformation across time. Part Two adopts a 'case study' approach, focusing on specific health challenges in Africa - HIV/AIDS, mental illness, tropical disease and occupational disease - and their unfolding across time and space. Health, Healing and Illness in African History is the first wide-ranging survey of this key topic in African history and the history of health and medicine, and the ideal introduction for students.

General

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2021
Authors: Rebekah Lee
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-1-4742-5438-0
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > History > African history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN: 1-4742-5438-1
Barcode: 9781474254380

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