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Science, Medicine and Cultural Imperialism

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Teresa Meade

    1. Department of History, Union College, Schenectady, USA

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  2. Mark Walker

    1. Department of History, Union College, Schenectady, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Teresa Meade, Mark Walker
    Pages 1-3

  3. Scientific Standards and Colonial Education in British India and French Senegal

    • Michael Adas
    Pages 4-35

  4. Science, Medicine and French Colonialism in Old-Regime Haiti

    • James E. McClellan III
    Pages 36-59

  5. Technology and Imperialism in the Indian Context: the Case of Steamboats, 1819–1839

    • Satpal Sangwan
    Pages 60-74

  6. Medical Imperialism Gone Awry: The Campaign Against Legalized Prostitution in Latin America

    • Donna J. Guy
    Pages 75-94

  7. Cultural Imperialism in Old Republic Rio de Janeiro: The Urban Renewal and Public Health Project

    • Teresa Meade
    Pages 95-119

  8. Herbs, Knives and Plastic: 150 Years of Abortion in South Africa

    • Helen Bradford
    Pages 120-147

  9. Mental Testing and the Understanding of Race in Twentieth-Century South Africa

    • Saul Dubow
    Pages 148-177

  10. Legends Surrounding the German Atomic Bomb

    • Mark Walker
    Pages 178-204

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 205-207
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About this book

A text which describes the ways that European powers used science and scientific inquiry to enforce their supposed cultural superiority on societies of Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, Union College, Schenectady, USA

    Teresa Meade, Mark Walker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science, Medicine and Cultural Imperialism

  • Editors: Teresa Meade, Mark Walker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12445-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Teresa Meade and Mark Walker 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-12447-3Published: 01 January 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-12445-9Published: 18 June 1991

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 207

  • Topics: Imperialism and Colonialism, Intellectual Studies, History of Science

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