Description
This essay discusses the role race has played in the production of medical knowledge throughout the 1700s to 1960s. It discusses controversial themes such as colonialism and medicine, the origins of racial thinking and health, and migration.
Considering cases from Europe to India, this collection brings together research into the role played by racial issues in the production of medical knowledge. Confronting such controversial themes as colonialism and medicine, the origins of racial thinking and health and migration, the contributors examine the role played by medicine in the construction of racial categories.