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Sickness and the State: Health and Illness in Colonial Malaya, 1870–1940 Manderson, Lenore (University of Queensland)
Sickness and the State: Health and Illness in Colonial Malaya, 1870–1940
Manderson, Lenore (University of Queensland)
This 1996 book is a history of health and disease in Malaya from colonisation to World War II. It emphasises the role of medicine in maintaining colonialism, linking the ill-health in regions to the various political climates. It integrates social and material history, epidemiology and demography, politics, feminism and postcolonialism.
336 pages, 14 b/w illus. 1 map 47 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 13, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521560085 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 236 × 27 mm · 626 g |
| Language | English |