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Medical Encounters : Knowledge and Identity in Early American Literatures.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Epidemic, Encounter, and Colonial Promotion in Virginia; 2. Healing, Medical Authority, and Moral Degeneration in New England; 3. African Testimony, Dangerous Communications, and Colonial Medical Knowledge in the 1721 Boston Inoculation Controversy; 4. Obeah, Slave Revolt, and Plantation Medicine in the British West Indies; 5. Drunkenness, Syphilis, and History in Samson Occom's Medical Writing; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author; Back Cover.