| The Colonial Life of Pharmaceuticals: Medicines and Modernity in Vietnam Contributor(s): Monnais, Laurence (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108474667 ISBN-13: 9781108474665 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Medical | Pharmacy |
| Dewey: 615.109 |
| LCCN: 2019008530 |
| Series: Global Health Histories |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.49" W x 9.32" (1.30 lbs) 290 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Situated at the crossroads between the history of colonialism, of modern Southeast Asia, and of medical pluralism, this history of medicine and health traces the life of pharmaceuticals in Vietnam under French rule. Laurence Monnais examines the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry, looking at both circulation and consumption, considering access to drugs and the existence of multiple therapeutic options in a colonial context. She argues that colonialism was crucial to the worldwide diffusion of modern medicines and speaks to contemporary concerns regarding over-reliance on pharmaceuticals, drug toxicity, self-medication, and the accessibility of effective medicines. Retracing the steps by which pharmaceuticals were produced and distributed, readers meet the many players in the process, from colonial doctors to private pharmacists, from consumers to various drug traders and healers. Yet this is not primarily a history of medicines as objects of colonial science, but rather a history of medicines as tools of social change. |
Contributor Bio(s): Monnais, Laurence: - Laurence Monnais is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Asian Studies (CETASE) at Université de Montréal. She specializes in the history of medicine in Southeast Asia, global histories of health and the history of alternative medicines. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, she is also co-founder and president of History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA). |
