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Can I read Medicine and the Saints : Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956 on EtoBox?
Medicine and the Saints : Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956 by Ellen J. Amster is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Medicine and the Saints : Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956 about?
The colonial encounter between France and Morocco took place not only in the political realm but also in the realm of medicine. Because the body politic and the physical body are intimately linked, French efforts to colonize Morocco took place in and through the body. Starting from this original premise, Medicine and the Saints traces a history of colonial embodiment in Morocco through a series of medical encounters between the Islamic sultanate of Morocco and the Republic of France from 1877 to
Who reads Medicine and the Saints : Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ellen J. Amster
- Publisher
- Tex. : University of Texas Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780292762114
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Medical, Islam
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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