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Indian Doctors in Kenya, 1895-1940 : The Forgotten History.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial StudiesPublisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (277 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137440532
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Indian Doctors in Kenya, 1895-1940LOC classification:
  • DT1-3415
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 'The Empire is not white': Indian Doctors in Kenya -- 2 Indians, Migration, and Medicine -- 3 Indians, Western Medicine, and the Establishment of the Protectorate -- 4 Race and Medicine -- 5 Indians in the Colonial Medical Service -- 6 Squeezing Indians Out of Government Medicine -- 7 Indian Private Doctors in Kenya -- 8 Private Doctors: Practising Medicine in a Segregated World -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Indians in the Railway Medical Department -- Appendix 2: Indians in the Colonial Medical Service -- Appendix 3: Indian Private Practitioners -- Appendix 4: Statistics Concerning Indian Workers, Uganda Railways -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This ground-breaking book offers unique insights into the careers of Indian doctors in colonial Kenya during the height of British colonialism, between 1895 and 1940. The story of these important Indian professionals presents a rare social history of an important political minority.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 'The Empire is not white': Indian Doctors in Kenya -- 2 Indians, Migration, and Medicine -- 3 Indians, Western Medicine, and the Establishment of the Protectorate -- 4 Race and Medicine -- 5 Indians in the Colonial Medical Service -- 6 Squeezing Indians Out of Government Medicine -- 7 Indian Private Doctors in Kenya -- 8 Private Doctors: Practising Medicine in a Segregated World -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Indians in the Railway Medical Department -- Appendix 2: Indians in the Colonial Medical Service -- Appendix 3: Indian Private Practitioners -- Appendix 4: Statistics Concerning Indian Workers, Uganda Railways -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This ground-breaking book offers unique insights into the careers of Indian doctors in colonial Kenya during the height of British colonialism, between 1895 and 1940. The story of these important Indian professionals presents a rare social history of an important political minority.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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