Medicine and Colonialism: Historical Perspectives in India and South Africa (Empires in Perspective)

Focusing on India and South Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth century, 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.

• | Author: Poonam Bala
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jan 21, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Medical
• | ISBN-10: 1138663131
• | ISBN-13: 9781138663138