{"product_id":"9781474254380","title":"Health, Healing and Illness in African History","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Rebekah Lee offers a critical introduction to the diverse history of health, healing and illness in sub-Saharan Africa from the 1800s to the present day. Its focus is not simply on disease but rather on how illness and health were understood and managed: by healthcare providers, African patients, their families and communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough a sustained interdisciplinary approach, Lee brings to the foreground a cast of actors, institutions and ideas that both profoundly and intimately shaped African health experiences and outcomes. This book guides the reader through a wide range of historical source material, and highlights the theoretical and methodological innovations which have enriched this scholarship. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart One delivers a concise historical overview of African health and illness from the long 'pre-colonial' past through the colonial period and into the present day, providing an understanding of broad patterns - of major disease challenges, experiences of illness, and local and global health interventions - and their persistence or transformation across time. Part Two adopts a 'case study' approach, focusing on specific health challenges in Africa - HIV\/AIDS, mental illness, tropical disease and occupational disease - and their unfolding across time and space. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Health, Healing and Illness in African History is the first wide-ranging survey of this key topic in African history and the history of health and medicine, and the ideal introduction for students.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46348931661903,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":3850.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/ja\/products\/9781474254380","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}