Quinine's Remains : Empire's Medicine and the Life Thereafter
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. What happens after colonial industries have run their course—after the factory closes and the fields go fallow? Set in the cinchona...
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University of California Press
2024
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