Empire, Nation-building, and the Age of Tropical Medicine, 1885–1960
This book investigates the complex relationship between the development of modern empires, nation, and the history of tropical medicine. Broadening existing historiographical perspectives, it explores imperialism outside of the British Empire, drawing on case studies from other colonial experiences...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
| Series: | Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction: The Age of Empire, The Making of the Modern Nation and the Advancement of Medical Sciences; Mauro Capocci and Daniele Cozzoli- Part I. Tropical Medicine in the Evolution and the Collapse of Empires
- 2. Tropical Medicine and the “Consolidation” of the Portuguese Empire, 1902-1966; Isabel Amaral
- 3. Dutch Colonial Medicine and Empire-building in the Tropics: The Cases of Leprosy and Drug Use in the Dutch East and West Indies; Stephen Snelders
- Part II. Tropical Medical Institutions and Imperial Commercial and Political Expansion
- 4. The Business of Tropical Medicine: Connections between Anti-malarial Campaigns in Sierra Leone, 1899-1901, and Jamaica, 1908; Juanita De Barros
- 5. Leishmaniases in Brazil: A Historical Approach; Jaime Larry Benchimol
- Part III. Circulation of People, Objects and Ideas
- 6. Tropical Medicine, the Nation, and Colonial Expansion in the View of Italian Royal Navy Physicians at the End of the Nineteenth Century; Mauro Capocci and Daniele Cozzoli
- 7. From Universal Rats to Future Jungle Foci: Actors and Places of Plague in Brazil, 1899-1940s; Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva
- 8. Anti-fascist Medicine and the International Peace Campaign against Urban Raids in Spain and China, 1936-1939; Carles Brasó Broggi