Teresa A. Meade,
Mark Walker
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 1991
9781349124473
Science, Medicine and Cultural Imperialism
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
1991
ISBN13: 9781349124473
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Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
A text which describes the ways that European powers used science and scientific inquiry to enforce their supposed cultural superiority on societies of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349124473
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
Scientific standards and colonial education in British India and French Senegal, Michael Adas; science, medicine and French colonialism in old-regime Haiti, James E.McClellan III; technology and Imperialism in the Indian context - the case of steamboats 1819-1839, Satpal Sangwan; medical imperialism gone awry - the campaign against legalized prostitution in Latin America, Donna J.Guy; cultural imperialism in old republic Rio de Janeiro - the urban renewal and public health project, Teresa Meade; herbs, knives and plastic - 150 years of abortion in South Africa, Saul Dubow; legends surrounding the German atomic bomb, Mark Walker.