Science, Medicine and Cultural Imperialism

ISBN-13: 9781349124473 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 207 str.

Teresa A. Meade; Mark Walker

Opis

A text which describes the ways that European powers used science and scientific inquiry to enforce their supposed cultural superiority on societies of Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Spis treści

Scientific standards and colonial education in British India and French Senegal, Michael Adas; science, medicine and French colonialism in old-regime Haiti, James E.McClellan III; technology and Imperialism in the Indian context - the case of steamboats 1819-1839, Satpal Sangwan; medical imperialism gone awry - the campaign against legalized prostitution in Latin America, Donna J.Guy; cultural imperialism in old republic Rio de Janeiro - the urban renewal and public health project, Teresa Meade; herbs, knives and plastic - 150 years of abortion in South Africa, Saul Dubow; legends surrounding the German atomic bomb, Mark Walker.