Brutal Treatments
Medicine and Colonial Violence at the End of Empire
Seiten
2025
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-6751-4 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-6751-4 (ISBN)
This book explores the role medical doctors played in the colonial counterinsurgency campaigns in British Kenya (1952-1960) and French Algeria (1954-1962) in the final years of empire. It not only examines how these medical professionals became embroiled in the conflict, but also how they used their knowledge to further the interests of the state. -- .
Brutal treatments explores the role medical doctors played in the colonial counterinsurgency campaigns in British Kenya (1952-1960) and French Algeria (1954-1962) in the final years of empire. It not only examines how these medical professionals became embroiled in the conflict, but also how they used their knowledge to further the interests of the state. The book makes a substantial and significant contribution to the history of medicine, the history of medical ethics, and the history of colonialism. -- .
Brutal treatments explores the role medical doctors played in the colonial counterinsurgency campaigns in British Kenya (1952-1960) and French Algeria (1954-1962) in the final years of empire. It not only examines how these medical professionals became embroiled in the conflict, but also how they used their knowledge to further the interests of the state. The book makes a substantial and significant contribution to the history of medicine, the history of medical ethics, and the history of colonialism. -- .
Russell T. Moul is an Honorary Academic at the University of Kent -- .
Introduction
1 First blood
2 Fragile hearts and vulnerable minds
3 Behind the barbed wire
4 First, do no harm?
5 Bodies without evidence
Concluding thoughts -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.04.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Social Histories of Medicine |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Maps |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 489 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-6751-4 / 1526167514 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-6751-4 / 9781526167514 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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