A Cultural History of Medicine in the Age of Empire

A Cultural History of Medicine in the Age of Empire

Historians describe the ¿long 19th century¿ as an age of empire, characterized by expansion and industrialization. The period witnessed the evolution of Western medicine into something uniquely ¿modern¿, rooted in the shift to industrial capitalism and encroachment of government monitoring to state health, as well as the colo......
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Historians describe the ¿long 19th century¿ as an age of empire, characterized by expansion and industrialization. The period witnessed the evolution of Western medicine into something uniquely ¿modern¿, rooted in the shift to industrial capitalism and encroachment of government monitoring to state health, as well as the colonial mindset that drove overseas travel and encounters with unfamiliar populations, climates and disease. More than ever before, food, drugs, people and sickness circumvented the globe, crossing borders and prompting enormous changes in the way people made sense of health and illness. Novel technologies, from vaccination to x-rays, and ways of organizing medicine and its delivery, increased the reach of medicine and augmented the power of the state and colonizers. Equally, the new medicine answered governments¿ growing recognition that health had acquired cultural value and meaning for their domestic populations. Spanning the period from 1800 to 1920, this volume s
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Historians describe the ‘long 19th century’ as an age of empire, characterized by expansion and industrialization. The period witnessed the evolution of Western medicine into something uniquely ‘modern’, rooted in the shift to industrial capitalism and encroachment of government monitoring to state health, as well as the colonial mindset that drove overseas travel and encounters with unfamiliar populations, climates and disease. More than ever before, food, drugs, people and sickness circumvented the globe, crossing borders and prompting enormous changes in the way people made sense of health and illness. Novel technologies, from vaccination to x-rays, and ways of organizing medicine and its delivery, increased the reach of medicine and augmented the power of the state and colonizers. Equally, the new medicine answered governments’ growing recognition that health had acquired cultural value and meaning for their domestic populations. Spanning the period from 1800 to 1920, this volume surveys the spatial, experiential, visual and material cultures that shaped authority, mind and body, disease theories and the growing integration of human and animal health. These essays focus on the centrality of the state and hospitals, the growing importance of controlled laboratory experimentation, statistical methods, medical specialization, as well as the impact of war and peace on sick and injured bodies marked by notions of gender, race and class. While documenting the rise of new medical paradigms, this volume also charts the ways in which patients and populations have mediated, contested and shaped medical encounters, as well as the meanings of health and illness. Together these chapters map the contours of recent trends and trajectories in the cultural history of medicine and set an agenda for the self-reflexive critique of medicine’s past in the future.

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Utforsk det moderne medisinske paradigmet

Oppdag A Cultural History of Medicine in the Age of Empire, en dyptgående analyse som tar for seg hvordan vestlig medisin utviklet seg fra 1800 til 1920, under påvirkning av forandringer i politikk, kultur og teknologi. Med en unik kombinasjon av historisk kontekst og kulturell innsikt, blir leserne dratt inn i fortellingen om en tid der statlig overvåkning, industriell kapitalisme og kolonialisme formet helsetjenester og medisinens plass i samfunnet.

En revolusjonerende periode i medisinsk historie

  • Varighet: 1800 til 1920
  • Fokus: Utviklingen av moderne medisin
  • Sentral Tema: Statens rolle i helse og sykdomsvurdering
  • Metoder: Laboratorieforsøk, statistikk og medisinsk spesialisering

Kraften av nye medisinske paradigmer

Med innovative teknologier som vaksinasjon og x-stråler gjør boken rede for hvordan disse fremskrittene ikke bare revolusjonerte behandlingen av sykdom, men også hvordan myndigheter begynte å anerkjenne helsens kulturelle verdi. Gjennom essensielle essays, utforsker forfatterne hvordan krig og fred påvirket helsetjenester og hvordan kjønn, rase og klasse påvirket syketransporten.

Hvordan leserne blir involvert

A Cultural History of Medicine in the Age of Empire gir ikke bare en enveisinsight, men åpner for en diskusjon om hvordan pasienter og befolkninger har formet sin egen opplevelse av medisin. Dette verket oppfordrer til refleksjon over hvordan fortidens medisinske praksiser kan kritiseres og forbedres i fremtidig sammenheng.

Hvorfor du bør lese denne boken

Enten du er en student av historie, en medisiner eller bare nysgjerrig på hvordan vår forståelse av helse har utviklet seg, vil A Cultural History of Medicine in the Age of Empire gi deg innsikt og perspektiv. Det er en uunnværlig ressurs for alle som ønsker å fordype seg i sammenhengen mellom kultur, politikk og medisin i en av de mest betydningsfulle periodene i historien.

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