Science, Medicine and Cultural Imperialism (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Meade, Teresa A.; Walker, Mark

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A text which describes the ways that European powers used science and scientific inquiry to enforce their supposed cultural superiority on societies of Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 207
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 1991
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781349124459
• Artikelnr.: 45968844

Inhaltsangabe

Scientific standards and colonial education in British India and French Senegal, Michael Adas; science, medicine and French colonialism in old-regime Haiti, James E.McClellan III; technology and Imperialism in the Indian context - the case of steamboats 1819-1839, Satpal Sangwan; medical imperialism gone awry - the campaign against legalized prostitution in Latin America, Donna J.Guy; cultural imperialism in old republic Rio de Janeiro - the urban renewal and public health project, Teresa Meade; herbs, knives and plastic - 150 years of abortion in South Africa, Saul Dubow; legends surrounding the German atomic bomb, Mark Walker.