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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Adam WarrenPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780822961116ISBN 10: 0822961113 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 24 October 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA welcome study . . . rich in detail and a valuable addition to the field for its insight into the practice of medicine as an outworking of, and response to, the social and political realities of colonial Peru, engaging a broad academic readership with an interest in social and medical history. --Social History of Medicine <p> “Adam Warren provides a fresh look at the Bourbon period through the history of medicine, healing, and health policy in colonial Peru, and its goal of growing the colony during the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth century. It is one of the few works that examines the colonial origins of modern medical systems in Latin America.” —Martha Few, University of Arizona <p> Adam Warren provides a fresh look at the Bourbon period through the history of medicine, healing, and health policy in colonial Peru, and its goal of growing the colony during the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth century. It is one of the few works that examines the colonial origins of modern medical systems in Latin America. --Martha Few, University of Arizona Author InformationAdam Warren is assistant professor of history at the University of Washington. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |