Islam and healing loss and recovery of an Indo-Muslim medical tradition, 1600-1900
Traces the Islamic healing tradition's interaction with Indian society and politics as these evolved in tandem from 1600 to 1900, and demonstrates how an in-house struggle for hegemony can be as potent as external power in defining medical, social and national modernity. A pioneering work on th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan
2008
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| Summary: | Traces the Islamic healing tradition's interaction with Indian society and politics as these evolved in tandem from 1600 to 1900, and demonstrates how an in-house struggle for hegemony can be as potent as external power in defining medical, social and national modernity. A pioneering work on the social and medical history of Indian Islam. |
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| Item Description: | "South Asian edition first published 2007 by Permanent Black" |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 384 pages 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0230554385 (hardback) 9780239554382 (hardback) |