Ayurveda Made Modern: Political Histories of Indigenous Medicine in North India, 1900-1955
This book explores the ways in which Ayurveda, the oldest medical tradition of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed from a composite of 'ancient' medical knowledge into a 'modern' medical system, suited to the demands posed by apparatuses of health developed in late colonial India.
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Ayurveda Made Modern: Political Histories of Indigenous Medicine in North India, 1900-1955
This book explores the ways in which Ayurveda, the oldest medical tradition of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed from a composite of 'ancient' medical knowledge into a 'modern' medical system, suited to the demands posed by apparatuses of health developed in late colonial India.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780230284555 |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Publication date: | 09/16/2013 |
Series: | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
Edition description: | 2013 |
Pages: | 232 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d) |
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