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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Tác giả chính: Monnais, Laurence
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Loạt:Global Health Histories.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2202419
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  • 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