Modern colonization by medical intervention : U.S. medicine in Puerto Rico /

This volume explores the establishment of US colonial rule over Puerto Rico through the appropriation and usurpation of the status of local physicians, the undermining of their political legitimacy, and its role in the development of capitalism in the colony.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trujillo-Pagán, Nicole E. (Nicole Elise) (Author)
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Series:Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 58.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This volume explores the establishment of US colonial rule over Puerto Rico through the appropriation and usurpation of the status of local physicians, the undermining of their political legitimacy, and its role in the development of capitalism in the colony.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (260 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004243712 (electronic bk.)
9004243712 (electronic bk.)
1299870562 (ebk)
9781299870567 (ebk)
ISSN:1573-4234 ;