The Caribbean and the Medical Imagination, 1764-1834 Slavery, Disease and Colonial Modernity |
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| Author:
| Senior, Emily |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-41681-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2018 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $108.00 |
Book Description:
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During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Caribbean was known as the 'grave of Europeans'. Drawing on a wide range of fictional and non-fictional accounts this book explores the cultural impact of such widespread disease, revealing how literature was crucial to the development and circulation of new medical ideas.
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Caribbean was known as the 'grave of Europeans'. Drawing on a wide range of fictional and non-fictional accounts this book explores the cultural impact of such widespread disease, revealing how literature was crucial to the development and circulation of new medical ideas.