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Merchants of Medicines : The Commerce and Coercion of Health in Britain’s Long Eighteenth Century by Zachary Dorner is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Merchants of Medicines : The Commerce and Coercion of Health in Britain’s Long Eighteenth Century about?
The period from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century—the so-called long eighteenth century of English history—was a time of profound global change, marked by the expansion of intercontinental empires, long-distance trade, and human enslavement. It was also the moment when medicines, previously produced locally and in small batches, became global products. As greater numbers of British subjects struggled to survive overseas, more medicines than ever were manufactured and exported
Who reads Merchants of Medicines : The Commerce and Coercion of Health in Britain’s Long Eighteenth Century?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Zachary Dorner
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226706801
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Technology, Economics, Medical
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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