The Colonial Life of Pharmaceuticals : Medicines and Modernity in Vietnam.
Innovative examination of the early globalization of the pharmaceutical industry, arguing that colonialism was crucial to the worldwide diffusion of modern medicines.
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Global Health Histories.
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| Acceso en línea: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2202419 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Making Medicines Modern, Making Medicines Colonial; 2 Medicines in Colonial (Public) Health; 3 The Mirage of Mass Distribution: State Quinine and Essential Medicines; 4 The Many Lives of Medicines in the Private Market; 5 Crimes and Misdemeanors: Transactions and Transgressions in the Therapeutic Market; 6 Learning Effects: Lived Experiences, Pharmaceutical Publicity, and the Roots of Selective Demand
- 7 Medicines as Vectors of Modernization and Medicalization8 Therapeutic Pluralism under Colonial Rule; Conclusion: From Colonial Medicines to Postcolonial Health; Bibliography; Index