Interest in the science, technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence, David Arnold's wide-ranging and analytical survey demonstrates the importance of examini...(展开全部)

Interest in the science, technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence, David Arnold's wide-ranging and analytical survey demonstrates the importance of examini...(展开全部)

皮克斯通（John V．Pickstone），出生于英国伯恩利。先学生理学，后在伦敦切尔西学院获得哲学博士学位。博士论文研究法国19世纪早期的普通生理学。在美国明尼苏达大学两年之后，于1974年到英国曼彻斯特大学研究医院史。1986年，他创建了曼彻斯特大学科学、技术和医学史中心，现为该中心韦尔科姆研究教授。其著作广泛涉及生物医学科学史、英国科学和医学的社会史及卫生保健和医疗技术的近期历史。著有：《医学与工业社会：曼彻斯特及其地区1752—1946年的医院发展史》（1985年）、《从历史角度看医学革新》（1992年，编者、撰稿者）、《二十世纪医学指南》（2000年，与Roger Cooter合编并撰稿）、《认识方式——一种新的科学、技术和医学史》（2000年）、《外科医生、制造商与患者——大西洋彼岸全髋关节置换史》（2007年，与Julie Ander...(展开全部)

皮克斯通（John V．Pickstone），出生于英国伯恩利。先学生理学，后在伦敦切尔西学院获得哲学博士学位。博士论文研究法国19世纪早期的普通生理学。在美国明尼苏达大学两年之后，于1974年到英国曼彻斯特大学研究医院史。1986年，他创建了曼彻斯特大学科学、技术和医学史中心，现为该中心韦尔科姆研究教授。其著作广泛涉及生物医学科学史、英国科学和医学的社会史及卫生保健和医疗技术的近期历史。著有：《医学与工业社会：曼彻斯特及其地区1752—1946年的医院发展史》（1985年）、《从历史角度看医学革新》（1992年，编者、撰稿者）、《二十世纪医学指南》（2000年，与Roger Cooter合编并撰稿）、《认识方式——一种新的科学、技术和医学史》（2000年）、《外科医生、制造商与患者——大西洋彼岸全髋关节置换史》（2007年，与Julie Ander...(展开全部)

In Ways of Knowing, John V. Pickstone provides a new and accessible framework for understanding science, technology, and medicine (STM) in the West from the Renaissance to the present. Pickstone's approach has four key features. First, he synthesizes the long-term histories and philosophies of disciplines that are normally studied separately. Second, he dissects STM into specif...(展开全部)

"For the Record" considers the relationship between sexuality and the colonial archive by posing the following questions: Why does sexuality (still) seek its truth in the historical archive? What are the spatial and temporal logics that compel such a return? And conversely, what kind of 'archive' does such a recuperative hermeneutics produce? Rather than render sexuality's rela...(展开全部)

Against the backdrop of an unprecedented concern for health today, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine not only surveys the rise of medicine in the West from earliest times to the present day, but also glimpses into the future. It is written by a team of experts coordinated by one of the most distinguished and prolific writers and researchers into the history of medic...(展开全部)

Against the backdrop of an unprecedented concern for health today, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine not only surveys the rise of medicine in the West from earliest times to the present day, but also glimpses into the future. It is written by a team of experts co-ordinated by one of the most distinguished and prolific writers and researchers into the history of medi...(展开全部)

A dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context—from antiquity to today Much of world history is Indian history. Home today to one in four people, the subcontinent has long been densely populated and deeply connected to Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas through migration and trade. In this magisterial history, Audrey Truschke tel...(展开全部)

India: A History in Objects presents a beautiful collection of material culture from South Asia and traces its history through a huge variety of art and artifacts, both religious and secular. Arranged chronologically, and abundantly illustrated with expertly selected objects, this superb new overview connects today’s South Asia with its past. Early chapters describe prehistoric...(展开全部)