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Imperial Medicine and Indigenous Societies : Disease, Medicine and Empire in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by David Arnold; Manchester University Press is a social science available to read on EtoBox.

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'Medicine,' declared a French imperialist, is the 'sole excuse for colonialism.' If colonial rule had its harsh and negative side, the work of the doctor ennobled an justified it. Historians, even nationalist writers, have echoed this view. The white man's medicine at least was always welcome. But was it as rational and humanitarian as is commonly supposed, one of imperialism's 'undeniable benefits? Was there no doubt or suspicion? Might it not in fact have been another weapon in the armoury of

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Author

David Arnold; Manchester University Press

Publisher

Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780719024955

Category

social science

Subjects

Social Science, Medical, Anthropology

Updated

2026-03-24