Race, Place, and Medicine
Author | : Julyan G. Peard |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 0822323974 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780822323976 |
Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Download or read book Race, Place, and Medicine written by Julyan G. Peard and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVLooks at a group of 19th century Brazilian doctors, the Bahian Tropicalista School, and their efforts to both counter European assumptions about Brazilian racial and cultural inferiority and doomed health and to forge their own definition of tropical medi/div