Ayurveda made modern : political histories of indigenous medicine in North India, 1900-1955 /
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Author / Creator: | Berger, Rachel, 1979- author. |
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Imprint: | Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. |
Description: | xiv, 232 pages ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9350906 |
Summary: | 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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Physical Description: | xiv, 232 pages ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780230284555 0230284558 |