Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine, Hardcover - Jim Downs

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Patricia C. Della SelvaNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 233 x 163 x 25Cover type: Pa...