Crossing Colonial Historiographies - Histories of Colonial and Indigenous Medicines in Transnational Perspective Pevná vazba
Crossing Colonial Historiographies - Histories of Colonial and Indigenous Medicines in Transnational Perspective Pevná vazba This book offers an innovative engagement with the diverse histories of…
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Crossing Colonial Historiographies - Histories of Colonial and Indigenous Medicines in Transnational Perspective Pevná vazba
This book offers an innovative engagement with the diverse histories of colonial and indigenous medicines. The volume offers a much-needed opportunity to explore new conceptual perspectives and encourages critical reflection on how scholars' research specialisms have influenced their approaches to the history of medicine and healing. Engagement with different kinds of colonialism and varied indigenous socio-political cultures has led to a wide range of approaches and increasingly distinct traditions of historical writing about colonial and indigenous modes of healing have emerged in the various regions formerly ruled by different colonial powers.
It deals with issues such as internal The book includes contributions on different geographical regions in Asia, Africa and the Americas and within the varied contexts of Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch and British colonialisms.