MEDICAL REVOLUTIONARIES: The Enslaved Healers of Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue
Author:   Karol K. Weaver
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
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9780252073212


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   09 June 2006
Format:   Paperback
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MEDICAL REVOLUTIONARIES: The Enslaved Healers of Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue


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How slave healers inspired the Haitian Revolution, toppled the slave system, and led to the loss of France

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Author:   Karol K. Weaver
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9780252073212


ISBN 10:   0252073215
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   09 June 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Medical Revolutionaries is a flawlessly written work that should be of interest to a wide variety of scholars and non-scholars alike. -- Journal of African American History


Medical Revolutionaries is a flawlessly written work that should be of interest to a wide variety of scholars and non-scholars alike. --Journal of African American History This slim volume manages to touch on a wide range of fascinating topics: Creole medical cultures, the impact of slavery, the relationship between medicine and power, gender, the legacy of colonial medicine in contemporary Haiti, and even historical memory. --H-LatAm


Author Information

Karol Weaver is an assistant professor of American history and the history of medicine at Susquehanna University.

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