Through an investigation of the violence that marked the partition of British India in 1947, this book analyses questions of history and memory, the nationalisation of populations and their pasts, and the ways in which violent events are remembered (or forgotten) in order to ensure the unity of the collective subject - community or nation. ...
By drawing on her extensive fieldwork in India and on the adjacent theoretical literature, Barbara Harriss-White describes the working of the Indian economy through its most important social structures of accumulation. Successive chapters explore a range of topics including labour, capital, the state, gender, religious plurality, caste and space. ...
How has democracy taken root in India in the face of a low-income economy, widespread poverty, illiteracy, and immense ethnic diversity? Atul Kohli brings together some of the world's leading scholars of Indian politics to consider this intriguing anomaly. They do so by focusing, not so much on socio-economic factors, but rather on the ways in ...
Nurses at all stages of their careers have a pivotal role in the care of patients in pain. This book is an essential guide to the understanding and management of pain. It provides clear and accessible information on this important topic.There is a consideration of how patient responses to pain and ability to cope are influenced by a variety of ...
In a penetrating anthropological study of the working poor in India, Jan Breman examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work. Beginning his local-level research in two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilisation of casual labour, which is hired and fired according to the need ...
A clear and comprehensive reference guide to medicines and their effects, ideal for home use or for health care professionals and medical students. Written in an accessible style, this dictionary contains over 4,000 entires on a wide range of medicines available today. Covering the full range of over-the-counter, pharmacy, and prescription ...
Nurses are the healthcare professionals most likely to manage and care for the patient with symptoms of nausea and vomiting. This book provides an overview of the physiology and causes of vomiting, and can be used as a guide to dealing with a variety of different forms of sickness and subsequent complications. Includes specific sections on the ...
A companion volume to the "Concise Medical Dictionary", this new dictionary is a source of reference on the wide range of medicines available today. It contains 5000 entries and covers a full range of over-the-counter, pharmacy, and prescription medicines. As well as meeting the increasing demands of patients and their families for information ...
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