Modern Colonization by Medical Intervention U. S. Medicine in Puerto Rico |
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| Author:
| Trujillo-Pagan, Nicole |
| Series title: | Studies in Critical Social Sciences Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-24370-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.