Pols, Hans (Author)
Cambridge University Press
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Language: English
Hans Pols proposes a new perspective on the history of colonial medicine from the viewpoint of indigenous physicians. The Indonesian medical profession in the Dutch East Indies actively participated in political affairs by joining and leading nationalist associations, by publishing in newspapers and magazines, and by becoming members of city councils and the colonial parliament. Indonesian physicians were motivated by their medical training, their experiences as physicians, and their subordinate position within the colonial health care system to organise, lead, and join social, cultural, and political associations. Opening with the founding of Indonesia's first political association in 1908 and continuing with the initiatives of the Association of Indonesian Physicians, Pols describes how the Rockefeller Foundation's projects inspired the formulation of a nationalist health programme. Tracing the story through the Japanese annexation, the war of independence, and independent Indonesia, Pols reveals the relationship between medicine and decolonisation, and the role of physicians in Asian history.
...MoreReview Laurence Monnais (2020) Review of "Nurturing Indonesia: Medicine and Decolonisation in the Dutch East Indies". American Historical Review (pp. 1849-1850).
Review Claire Edington (2020) Review of "Nurturing Indonesia: Medicine and Decolonisation in the Dutch East Indies". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (pp. 146-148).
Review David S. Jones (2019) Review of "Nurturing Indonesia: Medicine and Decolonisation in the Dutch East Indies". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 401-404).
Review Atsuko Naono (2019) Review of "Nurturing Indonesia: Medicine and Decolonisation in the Dutch East Indies". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 618-619).
Review Atsuko Naono (2019) Review of "Nurturing Indonesia: Medicine and Decolonisation in the Dutch East Indies". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 618-619).
Review Maurits Bastiaan Meerwijk (2020) Review of "Nurturing Indonesia: Medicine and Decolonisation in the Dutch East Indies". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (pp. 221-241).
Review Fenneke Sysling (2019) Review of "Nurturing Indonesia: Medicine and Decolonisation in the Dutch East Indies". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 849-850).
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