Medicine and Empire

1600-1960

Pratik Chakrabarti

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
13 December 2013

History; History: theory & methods; General & world history; Colonialism & imperialism; History of medicine

The history of modern medicine is inseparable from the history of imperialism. Medicine and Empire provides an introduction to this shared history – spanning three centuries and covering British, French and Spanish imperial histories in Africa, Asia and America.

Exploring the major developments in European medicine from the seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century, Pratik Chakrabarti shows that the major developments in European medicine had a colonial counterpart and were closely intertwined with European activities overseas:

- The increasing influence of natural history on medicine - The growth of European drug markets - The rise of surgeons in status - Ideas of race and racism - Advancements in sanitation and public health - The expansion of the modern quarantine system - The emergence of Germ theory and global vaccination campaigns

Drawing on recent scholarship and primary texts, this book narrates a mutually constitutive history in which medicine was both a 'tool' and a product of imperialism, and provides an original, accessible insight into the deep historical roots of the problems that plague global health today.

By: Pratik Chakrabarti
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 438g
ISBN: 9780230276369
ISBN 10: 0230276369
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 13 December 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pratik Chakrabarti is Reader in History at the University of Kent, UK. He is the author of Western Science in Modern India: Metropolitan Methods, Colonial Practices (2004), Material and Medicine: Trade, Conquest and Therapeutics in the Eighteenth Century (2010) and Bacteriology in British India: Laboratory Medicine and the Tropics (2012). He is also one of the editors of the journal Social History of Medicine.

Reviews for Medicine and Empire: 1600-1960

'This is an extremely valuable work ... it fulfils but also exceeds the requirements of a textbook, for it offers an interpretative synthesis which is of value in its own right.' - Mark Harrison, Professor of the History of Medicine and Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford University, UK 'The book provides a narrative history in relation to empire and situates that narrative within a wider understanding of the economic, political and military functions of empire; it introduces readers to the rich and varied historiography surrounding this topic; and provides a long background to the problems of contemporary medicine and international health.' - David Arnold, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Warwick, UK