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Warm Climates and Western Medicine
It is generally assumed that tropical medicine only emerged as a medical specialism in the late nineteenth century under the aegis of men like Patrick Manson and Ronald Ross. However, recent research (much of it brought together for the first time in this volume) shows that a distinctive medicine of 'warm climates' came into existence much earlier in areas like the West-Indies, Indonesia and India. Europeans' health needs were one imperative, but this was more than just the medicine of Europe shipped overseas. Contact with non-Western medical ideas and practices was also a stimulus, as was Europe's encounter with unfamiliar environments and peoples. These essays provide valuable insights int...
Introduction to Angola
Angola, located on the west coast of Africa, is a country rich in natural resources such as oil, diamonds, and minerals. It gained independence from Portugal in 1975 after a long and bloody civil war that lasted over 27 years. Since then, Angola has made significant strides toward economic and political stability. With a population of over 32 million people, Angola is the seventh-largest country in Africa and is home to numerous ethnic groups, including the Ovimbundu, Ambundu, Bakongo, and Chokwe. Despite its vast natural resources, Angola faces numerous challenges, including high levels of poverty, unemployment, and income inequality. The country has also struggled with political corruption and a lack of transparency in its government. However, under the leadership of President João Lourenço, Angola has taken steps to combat corruption and improve its economy. The government has implemented policies to diversify its economy and attract foreign investment, and the country has seen an increase in foreign partnerships and infrastructure development. With these efforts, Angola aims to become a stable and prosperous nation in the years to come.
Rhetoric and the Decolonization and Recolonization of East Timor
By the end of the 1960s the process of decolonization had practically run its course in Southeast Asia. One exception, however, was tiny Portuguese Timor, where notions of self-determination and independence had yet to be generated. In 1974, the Carnation Revolution in Portugal brought about the end of fifty years of dictatorship, and halfway around the world, presented a new opportunity to a small, ambitious proportion of the Timorese population, eager to shape the future of their country. This book presents a compelling and original perspective on the critical period of 1974-1975 in the history of East Timor. It describes how the language of politics helped to shape the events that brought...
The Portuguese and the Straits of Melaka, 1575-1619
Following the fall of the Melaka Sultanate to the Portuguese in 1511, the sultanates of Johor and Aceh emerged as major trading centers alongside Portuguese Melaka. Each power represented wider global interests. Aceh had links with Gujerat, the Ottoman Empire and the Levant. Johor was a center for Javanese merchants and others involved with the Eastern spice trade. Melaka was part of the Estado da India, Portugal's trading empire that extended from Japan to Mozambique. Throughout the sixteenth century, a peculiar balance among the three powers became an important character of the political and economical life in the Straits of Melaka. The arrival of the Dutch in the early seventeenth century...
A Book of European Writers
A Book of European Writers A-Z By Country Published on June 12, 2014 in USA.
Far From the Truth
Information and knowledge were essential tools of early modern Europe’s global ambitions. This volume addresses a key concern that emerged as the competition for geopolitical influence increased: how could information from afar be trusted when there was no obvious strategy for verification? How did notions of doubt develop in relation to intercultural encounters? Who were those in the position to use misinformation in their favour, and how did this affect trust? How, in other words, did distance affect credibility, and which intellectual and epistemological strategies did early modern Europe devise to cope with this problem? The movement of information, and its transformations in the proce...
Human Rights of Aliens in Europe
This book is a record of the proceedings of a colloquy on 'Human Rights of Aliens in Europe'. The Colloquy was organised by the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe, and held in Madiera, Portugal from the 17 to 19 October 1983. The three themes of the Colloquy were: the admission of aliens into the territory of the host country and their residence there, participation of aliens in public affairs (political and associative life) and the fact that aliens belong to various cultures and the tension which this creates. Separate sessions were devoted to each theme. On the admission of aliens to the territory of the host country and his residence there, it was proposed by one participant th...
Missionary Tropics
A provocative contribution to the history of early modern Euro-Asian interactions that provides new perspectives on the encounter between Catholicism and Hinduism in India
