{"product_id":"imperial-contagions-9789888139125","title":"Imperial Contagions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Peckham\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asia - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImperial Contagions complicates common historical narratives portraying a straightforward shift from older, enclavist models of colonial medicine to newer pursuits of prevention and treatment among indigenous populations and European residents. In a series of essays, the volume shows colonial medicine was not a homogeneous, “on the ground” phenomenon but rather a practice rife with tensions and contradictions. Indigenous elites contested and appropriated Western medical knowledge and practices for their own purposes, while colonial policies contained contradictory and cross-cutting impulses. Contributors ultimately challenge the long-standing belief that colonial regimes uniformly regulated indigenous bodies and that colonial medicine served as a “tool of empire.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Misc","offer_id":45268655898775,"sku":"9789888139125","price":4210.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789888139125.webp?v=1769236325","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/imperial-contagions-9789888139125","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}