Laurence Monnais

The Colonial Life of Pharmaceuticals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this examination of the early globalization of the pharmaceutical industry, Laurence Monnais argues that colonialism played a crucial part in the worldwide diffusion of modern medicines, speaking to contemporary concerns regarding over-reliance on pharmaceuticals, self-medication, and the accessibility of effective drug treatments.

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Produktdetails

• Global Health Histories
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9781108466530
• ISBN-10: 1108466532
• Artikelnr.: 64360710

Autorenporträt

Laurence Monnais is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Asian Studies (CETASE) at Université de Montréal. She specializes in the history of medicine in Southeast Asia, global histories of health and the history of alternative medicines. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, she is also co-founder and president of History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA).

Inhaltsangabe

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 medicalization
8. Therapeutic pluralism under colonial rule
Conclusion: from colonial medicines to post-colonial health.