| Ayurveda Made Modern: Political Histories of Indigenous Medicine in North India, 1900-1955 2013 Edition Contributor(s): Berger, R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349329681 ISBN-13: 9781349329687 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 610.954 |
| Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.64 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Asian - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |