Sickness and the state: health and illness in colonial malaya, 1870–1940
Auteur :
Manderson, Lenore
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521524483
Date de publication :
8 août 2002
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
500 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This 1996 book is a history of health and disease in Malaya from colonisation to World War II. It emphasises the role of medicine in maintaining colonialism, linking the ill-health in regions to the various political climates. It integrates social and material history, epidemiology and demography, politics, feminism and postcolonialism.