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Waltraud Ernst & Bernard Harris
Race, Science and Medicine, 1700-1960 [PDF ebook]

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Considering cases from Europe to India, this collection brings together current critical research into the role played by racial issues in the production of medical knowledge. Confronting such controversial themes as colonialism and medicine, the origins of racial thinking and health and migration, the distinguished contributors examine the role played by medicine in the construction of racial categories.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 320 ● ISBN 9780203025420 ● Editor Waltraud Ernst & Bernard Harris ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2002 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2285118 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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