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Healers and Empires in Global History: Healing as Hybrid and Contested Knowledge - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies 2019 edition
Healers and Empires in Global History: Healing as Hybrid and Contested Knowledge - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
This book explores cross-cultural medical encounters involving non-Western healers in a variety of imperial contexts from the Arctic, Asia, Africa, Americas and the Caribbean. They also reveal the agency of healers, sufferers and local societies, in encounters with modernising imperial states, medical science and commercialisation.
279 pages, 3 Tables, color; 3 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 279 p. 4 i
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 2, 2019 |
| ISBN13 | 9783030154905 |
| Publishers | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Pages | 279 |
| Dimensions | 219 × 155 × 29 mm · 588 g |
| Language | German |
| Editor | Hokkanen, Markku |
| Editor | Kananoja, Kalle |