Materials and medicine : trade, conquest,and therapeutics in the eighteenth century / Pratik Chakrabarti.
| Author/creator | Chakrabarti, Pratik |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010. |
| Description | xi, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in imperialism Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England) ^A231036 |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 1. Trade and treatment: medicine in the colonies in the Age of Commerce -- 2. War, settlement and medicine in the West Indies -- 3. Terrains, territories and treatment in the Coromandel -- 4. Materials and materia medica in India -- 5. Medical botany in Jamaican plantations -- 6. Therapeutic trajectories in the age of empire -- 7. Colonialism and the hinterlands of science. |
| Summary | Medicine was transformed in the eighteenth century. Aligning the trajectories of intellectual and material wealth, this book uncovers how medicine acquired a new materialism as well as new materials in the context of global commerce and warfare. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011377454 |
| ISBN | 9780719083129 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0719083125 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WZ 56 C435M 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |