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Histories of Medicine and Healing in the Indian Ocean World
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Description for Histories of Medicine and Healing in the Indian Ocean World
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary work presents essays on disease and medicine in the Indian Ocean World, spanning over a millennium. It is the first work on medical history in the region. Themes include medical theory, concepts of fertility, material culture, healing, diplomacy, and colonialism, public health, slavery, migrant labour, and medicine. Editor(s): Winterbottom, Anna; Tesfaye, Facil. Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HS; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC1; HBLH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137567604
SKU
V9781137567604
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Ref
99-15
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Anna Winterbottom is a British Academy Research Fellow at the Centre for World Environmental History, University of Sussex and Research Associate of the Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill, Canada. She is author of Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World and co-editor of The East India Company and the Natural World. Facil Tesfaye is an Assistant Professor and ... Read more
Reviews for Histories of Medicine and Healing in the Indian Ocean World
“The collection provides a sampling of various kinds of medical theory and practice found historically in parts of the Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia on the littoral of the Indian Ocean. … All of the volume’s essays are thorough and engaging, and bring much novel research to the anglophone scholarly community.” (Shireen Hamza, British Journal for the ... Read more