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Nurturing Indonesia - Medicine And Decolonisation In The Dutch East Indies

by Hans (University Of Sydney) Pols

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 This history of medicine in Indonesia widens its scope to cover the social role of the medical profession. Pols' focus on decolonisation and the role of physicians in this political process means this study will appeal not only to historians of medicine but also to historians of Southeast Asia.
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Statistics And The Language Of Global Health - Institutions And Experts In China, Taiwan, And The World, 1917â€“1960

by Yi-Tang (Universite De Geneve) Lin

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 Yi-Tang Lin presents the historical process by which statistics became the language of global health. Using the case study of China and Taiwan in the period 1917-1960, Yi-Tang Lin examines the efforts by universities, foundations and health organizations to turn numbers into an international language for public health policy.
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The Great Plague Scare Of 1720 - Disaster And Diplomacy In The Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

by Cindy (University Of Nebraska-Lincoln) Ermus

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 An innovative new study of the transnational ramifications of the 1720 Plague of Provence in port cities across the early modern Atlantic world, situated at the nexus of the history of medicine, disaster studies, and the diplomatic history of the eighteenth century.
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Population Politics In The Tropics - Demography, Health And Transimperialism In Colonial Angola

by Samuel (Freie Universitat Berlin) Coghe

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 Population Politics in the Tropics explores fears of population decline and policies in Portuguese Angola from 1890-1945. Utilising a wide range of multilingual archival research and comparative and transimperial perspectives, SamuÃ«l Coghe argues that colonial policy was driven by a persistent, but imprecise, idea of demographic crisis.
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When Disease Came To This Country - Epidemics And Colonialism In Northern North America

by Liza (University Of Alberta) Piper

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 A revisionist history of epidemic disease as experienced by northern Indigenous peoples in present day Canada's Yukon and Northwest Territories between 1860 and 1940. Liza Piper connects the history of epidemics in northern North America to persistent health disparities arising from settler colonialism.
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Great Plague Scare Of 1720 - Disaster And Diplomacy In The Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

by Cindy Ermus

33,11€ + 10% CARD
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Great Plague Scare Of 1720 - Disaster And Diplomacy In The Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

by Cindy Ermus

33,11€ + 10% CARD
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Manuel Ii Palaiologos (1350â€“1425) - A Byzantine Emperor In A Time Of Tumult

by Siren Celik

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 Constructing a rich, in-depth portrait of Manuel II Palaiologos (1350â€"1425), this biography focuses not only on political events, but also on the personality, personal life and literary output of Manuel. Will appeal to medievalist scholars of various backgrounds as well as non-specialist readers.
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Healing Knowledge In Atlantic Africa - Medical Encounters, 1500â€“1850

by Kalle (University Of Oulu, Finland) Kananoja

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 In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in West Africa during the Atlantic slave trade, Kananoja considers both African and European perceptions of health, disease and healing. Arguing that the period was characterised by continuous knowledge exchange, he shows that indigenous natural medicine was used by locals and non-Africans alike.
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Statistics And The Language Of Global Health - Institutions And Experts In China, Taiwan, And The World, 1917-1960

by Yi-Tang Lin

39,74€ + 10% CARD
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Statistics And The Language Of Global Health - Institutions And Experts In China, Taiwan, And The World, 1917-1960

by Yi-Tang Lin

39,74€ + 10% CARD
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The Great Plague Scare Of 1720 - Disaster And Diplomacy In The Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

by Cindy (University Of Nebraska-Lincoln) Ermus

44,61€ + 10% CARD

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 An innovative new study of the transnational ramifications of the 1720 Plague of Provence in port cities across the early modern Atlantic world, situated at the nexus of the history of medicine, disaster studies, and the diplomatic history of the eighteenth century.
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The Yellow Flag - Quarantine And The British Mediterranean World, 1780â€“1860

by Alex (University Of Pennsylvania) Chase-Levenson

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 Alex Chase-Levenson examines British engagement with the Mediterranean quarantine system from 1780 to 1860, demonstrating how quarantine fostered early forms of European integration, laid the foundation for modern public health, and shaped Western perceptions of the 'East'.
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The Colonial Life Of Pharmaceuticals - Medicines And Modernity In Vietnam

by Laurence Monnais

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 In this examination of the early globalization of the pharmaceutical industry, Laurence Monnais argues that colonialism played a crucial part in the worldwide diffusion of modern medicines, speaking to contemporary concerns regarding over-reliance on pharmaceuticals, self-medication, and the accessibility of effective drug treatments.
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Statistics And The Language Of Global Health - Institutions And Experts In China, Taiwan, And The World, 1917â€“1960

by Yi-Tang (Universite De Geneve) Lin

110,85€ + 10% CARD

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 Yi-Tang Lin presents the historical process by which statistics became the language of global health. Using the case study of China and Taiwan in the period 1917-1960, Yi-Tang Lin examines the efforts by universities, foundations and health organizations to turn numbers into an international language for public health policy.
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The World Health Organization - A History

by Elizabeth Fee, Marcos Cueto e Theodore M. (University Of Rochester, New York) Brown

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 A history of the World Health Organization, covering major achievements in its seventy years while also highlighting the organization's internal tensions. This account by three leading historians of medicine examines how well the organization has pursued its aim of everyone, everywhere attaining the highest possible level of health.
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Mapping Aids - Visual Histories Of An Enduring Epidemic

by Lukas (University Of Edinburgh) Engelmann

45,96€ + 10% CARD

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 This new and unique visual history of AIDS focuses on the AIDS atlas, published by dedicated clinicians between 1986 and 2008. The epidemic's history is retold through clinical photographs, epidemiological maps and icons of HIV asking how this devastating epidemic has come to be seen as a controllable chronic condition.
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Polio Across The Iron Curtain - Hungary'S Cold War With An Epidemic

by Dora (University Of Exeter) Vargha

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 Hungary was one of the first countries to introduce a national oral vaccination campaign against polio, built on years of scientific collaboration between East and West. DÃ³ra Vargha uses a series of polio epidemics in communist Hungary to understand the response to a global public health emergency in the midst of the Cold War. This title is also available as Open Access.
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Population Politics In The Tropics - Demography, Health And Transimperialism In Colonial Angola

by Samuël Coghe

30,46€ + 10% CARD
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Population Politics In The Tropics - Demography, Health And Transimperialism In Colonial Angola

by Samuël Coghe

30,46€ + 10% CARD
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Population Politics In The Tropics - Demography, Health And Transimperialism In Colonial Angola

by Samuel (Freie Universitat Berlin) Coghe

110,85€ + 10% CARD

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 Population Politics in the Tropics explores fears of population decline and policies in Portuguese Angola from 1890-1945. Utilising a wide range of multilingual archival research and comparative and transimperial perspectives, SamuÃ«l Coghe argues that colonial policy was driven by a persistent, but imprecise, idea of demographic crisis.
ENGLISH

Healing Knowledge In Atlantic Africa - Medical Encounters, 1500-1850

by Kalle Kananoja

33,13€ + 10% CARD

 In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in West Africa during the Atlantic slave trade, Kananoja considers both African and European perceptions of health, disease and healing. Arguing that the period was characterised by continuous knowledge exchange, he shows that indigenous natural medicine was used by locals and non-Africans alike.
ENGLISH

Healing Knowledge In Atlantic Africa - Medical Encounters, 1500-1850

by Kalle Kananoja

33,13€ + 10% CARD

 In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in West Africa during the Atlantic slave trade, Kananoja considers both African and European perceptions of health, disease and healing. Arguing that the period was characterised by continuous knowledge exchange, he shows that indigenous natural medicine was used by locals and non-Africans alike.
ENGLISH

Healing Knowledge In Atlantic Africa - Medical Encounters, 1500â€“1850

by Kalle (University Of Oulu, Finland) Kananoja

117,61€ + 10% CARD

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 In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in West Africa during the Atlantic slave trade, Kananoja considers both African and European perceptions of health, disease and healing. Arguing that the period was characterised by continuous knowledge exchange, he shows that indigenous natural medicine was used by locals and non-Africans alike.
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