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Sharing the burden of sickness : a history of healing and medicine in Accra / Jonathan Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Jonathan (Historian), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Ghana--Accra--History.
- Medicine.
- Traditional medicine--Ghana--Accra--History.
- Traditional medicine.
- Medicine--Ghana--Religious aspects.
- History.
- Ghana.
- Ghana--Accra.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First printing.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: Historicizing Therapeutic Pluralism
- The Roots of Therapeutic Pluralism in Accra, 1677 to the Mid-1800s
- The Convergence of the Five Healing Traditions in the "Healthy" Capital of the Gold Coast: Mid-1800s to 1908
- Therapeutic Pluralism during the Cocoa Boom, 1908-1930s
- Colonial Medical Culture at Korle Bu, the Gold Coast Hospital, 1923-1945
- The Creation of an African "Bloodstream": Malaria Control during the Hitler War, 1942-1945
- The Resilience of Therapeutic Pluralism on the Eve of Ghanaian Independence
- Epilogue: Therapeutic Pluralism in Postcolonial Accra.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Roberts, Jonathan Sharing the burden of sickness
- ISBN:
- 9780253057914
- 0253057914
- 9780253057921
- 0253057922
- Publisher Number:
- 40030786066
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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