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Author: Anna Winterbottom ,
Facil Tesfaye
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 3.796kg
ISBN: 9781137567604
ISBN 10: 1137567600
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 04 November 2015
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The selection of papers represents a truly interdisciplinary mix of history, anthropology and even archaeology, which is both refreshing and challenging to the reader in equal measure ... (This is) a fascinating book which places a unique focus on medical histories within the Indian Ocean World. -Helen Sweet, Professor of History, Oxford University, England
The collection provides a sampling of various kinds of medical theory and practice found historically in parts of the Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia on the littoral of the Indian Ocean. ... All of the volume's essays are thorough and engaging, and bring much novel research to the anglophone scholarly community. (Shireen Hamza, British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 49 (4), December, 2016) Studies of maritime worlds have grown in prevalence in recent decades, and this volume is a welcome addition to those concerned with the Indian Ocean, especially since it uses the region to think about processes involving medicine and healing that are usually confined to nations or empires. ... it works as a geographical catch-all for a wide-ranging subject, and by juxtaposing the work of diverse scholars in several fields of study the editors have created a very a stimulating conversation. (Harold J. Cook, The International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. 28 (4), 2016)
The collection provides a sampling of various kinds of medical theory and practice found historically in parts of the Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia on the littoral of the Indian Ocean. ... All of the volume's essays are thorough and engaging, and bring much novel research to the anglophone scholarly community. (Shireen Hamza, British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 49 (4), December, 2016) Studies of maritime worlds have grown in prevalence in recent decades, and this volume is a welcome addition to those concerned with the Indian Ocean, especially since it uses the region to think about processes involving medicine and healing that are usually confined to nations or empires. ... it works as a geographical catch-all for a wide-ranging subject, and by juxtaposing the work of diverse scholars in several fields of study the editors have created a very a stimulating conversation. (Harold J. Cook, The International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. 28 (4), 2016)
Author Information
Anna Winterbottom is a British Academy Research Fellow at the Centre for World Environmental History, University of Sussex and Research Associate of the Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill, Canada. She is author of Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World and co-editor of The East India Company and the Natural World. Facil Tesfaye is an Assistant Professor and Director of the African Studies Programme of the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Statistique(s) et génocide au Rwanda: La genèse d'un système de catégorisation génocidaire.
