Disease, Medicine and Empire

Perspectives on Western Medicine and the Experience of European Expansion

Roy Macleod editor Milton J Lewis editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:30th Jun '24

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Originally published in 1988, the essays in this book focus primarily on colonial medicine in the British Empire but comparative material on the experience of France and Germany is also included. The authors show how medicine served as an instrument of empire, as well as constituting an imperializing cultural force in itself, reflecting in different contexts, the objectives of European expansion – whether to conquer, to occupy or to settle. With chapters from a distinguished array of social and medical historians, colonial medicine is examined in its topical, regional and professional diversity. Ranging from tropical to temperate regions, from 18th Century colonial America to 20th Century South Africa, this book is an important contribution to our understanding of the influence of European medicine on imperial history.

‘This is a useful and substantial collection, which amply fulfils its stated objectives…. All (the papers) are based on thorough research in primary sources.’ Geoffrey Rice, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

'...its geographical and analytical range is impressive.' Mark Harrison, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. UK.

ISBN: 9781032235547

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Weight: 653g

350 pages