Caribbean and the medical imagination, 1764–1834, the: slavery, disease and colonial modernity
Auteur :
Senior, Emily
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108416818
Date de publication :
26 avr. 2018
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,8 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
610 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Caribbean was known as the 'grave of Europeans'. Drawing on a wide range of fictional and non-fictional accounts this book explores the cultural impact of such widespread disease, revealing how literature was crucial to the development and circulation of new medical ideas.