Medicine and Empire: 1600-1960

by Pratik Chakrabarti

Book Overview

The history of modern medicine is inseparable from the history of imperialism. Medicine and Empire provides an introduction to this shared history - spanning three centuries and covering British, French and Spanish imperial histories in Africa, Asia and America.

Exploring the major developments in European medicine from the seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century, Pratik Chakrabarti shows that the major developments in European...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230276369
• ISBN13: 9780230276369
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"