Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms (Pitt Latin American Series, 349)

(10)
Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms (Pitt Latin American Series, 349) image
ISBN-10:

0822961113

ISBN-13:

9780822961116

Author(s): Warren, Adam
Edition: 1
Released: Oct 24, 2010
Format: Paperback, 304 pages

Description:

By the end of the eighteenth century, Peru had witnessed the decline of its once-thriving silver industry, and it had barely begun to recover from massive population losses due to smallpox and other diseases. At the time, it was widely believed that economic salvation was contingent upon increasing the labor force and maintaining as many healthy workers as possible. In Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru,Adam Warrenpresents a groundbreaking study of the primacy placed on medical care to generate population growth during this era.

The Bourbon reforms of the eighteenth century shaped many of the political, economic, and social interests of Spain and its colonies. In Peru, local elites saw the reforms as an opportunity to positively transform society and its conceptions of medicine and medical institutions in the name of the Crown. Creole physicians in particular, took advantage of Bourbon reforms to wrest control of medical treatment away from the Catholic Church, establish their own medical expertise, and create a new, secular medical culture. They asserted their new influence by treating smallpox and leprosy, by reforming medical education, and by introducing hygienic routines into local funeral rites, among other practices.

Later, during the early years of independence, government officials began to usurp the power of physicians and shifted control of medical care back to the church. Creole doctors, without the support of the empire, lost much of their influence, and medical reforms ground to a halt. As Warren’s study reveals, despite falling in and out of political favor, Bourbon reforms and creole physicians were instrumental to the founding of modern medicine in Peru, and their influence can still be felt today.

Best prices to buy, sell, or rent ISBN 9780822961116




Frequently Asked Questions about Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms (Pitt Latin American Series, 349)

You can buy the Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms (Pitt Latin American Series, 349) book at one of 20+ online bookstores with BookScouter, the website that helps find the best deal across the web. Currently, the best offer comes from and is $ for the .

The price for the book starts from $50.98 on Amazon and is available from 11 sellers at the moment.

If you’re interested in selling back the Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms (Pitt Latin American Series, 349) book, you can always look up BookScouter for the best deal. BookScouter checks 30+ buyback vendors with a single search and gives you actual information on buyback pricing instantly.

As for the Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms (Pitt Latin American Series, 349) book, the best buyback offer comes from and is $ for the book in good condition.

The Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms (Pitt Latin American Series, 349) book is in very low demand now as the rank for the book is 2,703,126 at the moment. A rank of 1,000,000 means the last copy sold approximately a month ago.

The highest price to sell back the Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms (Pitt Latin American Series, 349) book within the last three months was on December 20 and it was $0.87.