Ayurveda Made Modern : Political Histories of Indigenous Medicine in North India, 1900-1955

Ayurveda Made Modern : Political Histories of Indigenous Medicine in North India, 1900-1955 - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies

1st Edition 2013

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781349329687
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition 2013
Language: English
Number of pages: 232
Weight: 320g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 13mm