Science and Empire Hardback: East Coast Fever in Rhodesia and the Transvaal (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine) - Hardcover

Cranefield

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521392535 ISBN 13: 9780521392532

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Inhaltsangabe

East Coast fever can kill 95% of a herd of cattle in three weeks. The disease was unknown to western science until it was introduced into Rhodesia in 1901. This book describes the social and economic impact, the scientific investigations into it, and the effort to control it.

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"...an excellent means of assisting veterinarians and students of veterinary medicine in understanding the social and economic impact of animal diseases and how verterinary medicine is a key element in those aspects ... I found it fascinating and certainly gained insights into Koch's work that I did not learn as a studennt of bacteriology. Because the author wrote the book as a s tudy and a story, it makes great fireside or bedside reading." JVME

"Cranefield...has achieved a degree of clarity in his presentation of this story that should allow it to be readily understood by historians of the British Empire in Africa as well as by historians of medicine. Most laymen are unlikely to feel lost....Undoubtedly a highly reliable book, Science and Empire appears to have presented to its author an engrossing challenge to reconstruct past scientific reasoning and governance." Diana Wylie, International Journal of African Historical Studies

"...fascinating, well-written book....thoroughly grounded in research in relevant archives and the scientific literature. The author has many significant things to say about the process of scientific discovery, the role of intellectual authority, communications among researchers, and intellectual relationships between center and periphery. He also tells a very interesting and important story." K. David Patterson, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Science

Product Description:

374p black hardback, dustjacket present with some damage to back, name mark to front flyleaf, text is clean throughout, some crushing to bottom of index pages, overall condition is good

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0521392535
• ISBN 13: 9780521392532
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 403