Reconstructive Surgery and Modernisation in Twentieth-Century South Africa: The Professional and Public Life of Jack Penn

Author:   Suryakanthie Chetty
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2023 ed.
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Pages:   356
Publication Date:   17 August 2024
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Author:   Suryakanthie Chetty
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2023 ed.
ISBN:  

9783031386756


ISBN 10:   3031386752
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   17 August 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Chapter One: Introduction.- Part 1: The Face of War.- Chapter Two: Beginnings.- Chapter Three: The Making of a Surgeon.- Chapter Four: The Restoration of a Lost Soul: War.- Chapter Five: A Divine Right to Look Human: Brenthurst and Beyond.- Chapter Six: The Post-War Years: Going Solo.- Part 2: The Surgeon Ambassador.- Chapter Seven: The Heart of Darkness? Albert Schweitzer and Lambarene.- Chapter Eight: Fallen Blossoms: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Nagashima and an Engagement with Modernity.- Chapter Nine: “The Brotherhood of Pain”: Israel.- Part 3: Utopia?.- Chapter Ten: “A Multitude of Differing Genes”: Intellect, Education and Equality.- Chapter Eleven: “He is My Younger Brother”: Nationalism, Independence and the Cold War.- Chapter Twelve: A Utopian Vision: Jack Penn’s Brave New World.

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Suryakanthie Chetty is Senior Lecturer at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She published her book, Africa Forms the Key: Alex Du Toit and the History of Continental Drift, with Palgrave in 2021.

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