Healers and Empires in Global History: Healing as Hybrid and Contested Knowledge

Healers and Empires in Global History: Healing as Hybrid and Contested Knowledge This book explores cross-cultural medical encounters involving non-Western healers in a variety of imperial contexts from the Arctic, Asia, Africa, Americas and the Caribbean. They also reveal the agency of healers, sufferers and local societies, in encounters with modernising imperial states, medical science and commercialisation. Wydawnictwo: Springer Rok wydania: 2019 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 279 Wymiary: 15.5 x 21.9 x 2.9 cm Ilustracje: 3 Tables, color; 3 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 279 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color.; 3 Tables, color; 3 Illustrations, color; 1 I Język: angielski ISBN: 9783030154905