Curative Powers Medicine and Empire in Stalin's Central Asia |
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| Author:
| Michaels, Paula |
| Series title: | Russian and East European Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8229-6129-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Curative Powers combines post-colonial theory with ethnographic research to reconstruct how the Soviet government used medicine and public health policy to transform the society, politics, and culture of its outlying regions, specifically Kazakhstan.
Winner of the 2003 Heldt Prize from the Association for Women in Slavic Studies.
Curative Powers combines post-colonial theory with ethnographic research to reconstruct how the Soviet government used medicine and public health policy to transform the society, politics, and culture of its outlying regions, specifically Kazakhstan.
Winner of the 2003 Heldt Prize from the Association for Women in Slavic Studies.