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Histories of medicine and healing in the Indian Ocean world / Anna Winterbottom and Facil Tesfaye.
Van Pelt Library R605 .W46 2015 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Palgrave series in Indian Ocean world studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Indian Ocean Region--History.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--Indian Ocean Region.
- Medicine, Medieval--Indian Ocean Region.
- Medicine, Medieval.
- Traditional medicine--Indian Ocean Region--History.
- Traditional medicine.
- Traditional medicine--Indian Ocean Region.
- Healing--Indian Ocean Region.
- Healing.
- History.
- Indian Ocean Region--History.
- Indian Ocean Region.
- History of Medicine.
- India.
- Medical Subjects:
- History of Medicine.
- India.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke, Hampshire [UK] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- Summary:
- This interdisciplinary work, the first of two volumes, presents essays on various aspects of disease, medicine, and healing in different locations in and around the Indian Ocean from the ninth century to the early modern period. Themes include theoretical explanations for disease, concepts of fertility, material culture, healing in relation to diplomacy and colonialism, public health, and the health of slaves and migrant workers. Overall, the books argue that, throughout the period of study, the Indian Ocean has been the site of multiple interconnected medical interactions that may be viewed in the context of the environmental factors connecting the region. The two volumes are the first to use the Indian Ocean World as a geographical and conceptual framework for the study of disease. It will appeal to academics and graduate students working in the fields of medical and scientific history, as well as in the growing fields of Indian Ocean studies and global history. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Volume 1. The medieval and early modern period
- volume 2. The modern period
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137567604
- 1137567600
- 9781137567611
- 1137567619
- OCLC:
- 929778123
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