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  • From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism

    Doctors, Healers, and Public Power in Costa Rica, 1800–1940

    par Steven Palmer ...
    From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism presents the history of medical practice in Costa Rica from the late colonial era—when none of the fifty thousand inhabitants had access to a titled physician, pharmacist, or midwife—to the 1940s, when the figure of the qualified medical doctor was part of everyday life for many of Costa Rica’s nearly one million citizens. It is the first book to chronicle ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

  • Medicine and Public Health in Latin America

    A History

    par Marcos Cueto, Steven Palmer ...
    Collections series New Approaches to the Americas
    Despite several studies on the social, cultural, and political histories of medicine and of public health in different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, local and national focuses still predominate, and there are few panoramic studies that analyze the overarching tendencies in the development of health in the region. This comprehensive book summarizes the social history of medicine, ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

  • Launching Global Health

    The Caribbean Odyssey of the Rockefeller Foundation

    par Steven Palmer ...
    Collections series Conversations In Medicine And Society
    From the Rockefeller Foundation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, U.S. philanthropies have played a leading role in the evolution of international health. Launching Global Health examines one of the earliest of these initiatives abroad, the Rockefeller Foundation's International Health Board. The flagship agency made its first call in British Guiana in 1914 to experiment with its new ... En savoir plus

    $82.99 CAD

  • State of Ambiguity

    Civic Life and Culture in Cuba's First Republic

    Modifié par Steven Palmer, José Antonio Piqueras, Amparo Sánchez Cobos ...
    Cuba's first republican era (1902–1959) is principally understood in terms of its failures and discontinuities, typically depicted as an illegitimate period in the nation's history, its first three decades and the overthrow of Machado at best a prologue to the "real" revolution of 1959. State of Ambiguity brings together scholars from North America, Cuba, and Spain to challenge this narrative, ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

  • For the Sake of Jo'el

    A Father’s Story

    par Robert Steven Palmer ...
    This is a true story of a deadly search for truth and justice in the obvious murder of his son and a botched police investigation that evolved into an apparent police cover-up. A father puts his life on the line, risking possible death from the gang in his quest for fairness! This is the story of murder and street justice that could be sanctioned by the police, or so it seems! Testimony from ... En savoir plus

    $5.99 CAD

  • Health and Medicine in the circum-Caribbean, 1800-1968

    Modifié par Juanita De Barros, Steven Palmer, David Wright ...
    Collections series Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine
    Health and medicine in colonial environments is one of the newest areas in the history of medicine, but one in which the Caribbean is conspicuously absent. Yet the complex and fascinating history of the Caribbean, borne of the ways European colonialism combined with slavery, indentureship, migrant labour and plantation agriculture, led to the emergence of new social and cultural forms which are ... En savoir plus

    $116.99 CAD

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  • A Doctor's Dictionary

    Writings on Culture and Medicine

    par Iain Bamforth ...
    A thought-provoking exploration of medicine's intersection with culture and the humanities.In this collection of essays, Iain Bamforth, a doctor and poet, delves into the complex relationship between medicine, culture, and society. Drawing on his experiences around the world, Bamforth examines the ethical dilemmas, historical context, and cultural impact of medical practice. From the mysterious ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Imperial Medicine

    Patrick Manson and the Conquest of Tropical Disease

    par Douglas M. Haynes ...
    In 1866 Patrick Manson, a young Scottish doctor fresh from medical school, left London to launch his career in China as a port surgeon for the Imperial Chinese Customs Service. For the next two decades, he served in this outpost of British power in the Far East, and extended the frontiers of British medicine. In 1899, at the twilight of his career and as the British Empire approached its zenith, ... En savoir plus

    $72.99 CAD

  • Quarantined

    Life and Death at William Head Station, 1872-1959

    par Peter Johnson ...
    Vancouver Island in the late nineteenth century was a major port of entry for people from all walks of life. But for many, the sense of hope that had sustained them through rough sea voyages came to an abrupt halt as soon as they reached land. Quarantined is the heart-wrenching true story of the thousands of forgotten people who arrived on our shores only to be felled by disease, in an era when ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

  • Revolutionary Medicine

    The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health

    par Jeanne E Abrams ...
    An engaging history of the role that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin played in the origins of public health in America.Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one's life could be abruptly shattered by contagion and death, and debility from infectious diseases and epidemics was commonplace for early Americans, regardless of social status. Concerns over health affected ... En savoir plus

    $26.39 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Perla

    par Carolina De Robertis ...
    Collections series Vintage Contemporaries
    A coming-of-age story, based on a recent shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic houseguest.Perla Correa grew up a privileged only child in Buenos Aires, with a cold, polished mother and a straitlaced naval officer father, whose profession she learned early on not to disclose in a country still ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

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  • The Story of Che Guevara

    par Lucía Álvarez de Toledo ...
    An accessible biography of one of the most influential figures of recent times based on new, original research.Che Guevara is something of a symbol in the West. But for the rest of the world he is different: a charismatic revolutionary who redrew the political map of Latin America and gave hope to those resisting colonialism everywhere. In The Story of Che Guevara Lucía Álvarez de Toledo follows ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD