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Autore: | Ehtisham S. Akhtar <1939-> |
Titolo: | A medical doctor examines life on three continents : a Pakistani view / / S. Akhtar Ehtisham |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Algora Pub., c2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (214 p.) |
Disciplina: | 909.82092 |
B | |
Soggetto topico: | Pakistani Americans |
Physicians | |
Political activists | |
Medical care - Pakistan | |
Medical care - Great Britain | |
Medical care - United States | |
Soggetto geografico: | Pakistan Social conditions |
Great Britain Social conditions 1945- | |
United States Social conditions 1945- | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Preface; Introduction: A South-Asian Life of Our Times; Chapter 1. Society in Pre-Partition India; Chapter 2. The 1857 Uprising and Early Independence Movement; Chapter 3. Negotiations for Transfer of Power and Partition; Chapter 4. Early Post-Partition: Divergent Paths; Chapter 5. Education and Socio-Economic Conditions in Pakistan-1951 to 1957; Chapter 6. Nehru and Ayub Years; Chapter 7. Medical Education and Surgical Training: 1957-1972; Chapter 8. Student Movement in Pakistan; Chapter 9. Decline and Fall of Ayub; Chapter 10. Health Service and Society in North America, 1973 -2007 |
Chapter 11. The Rise of Fundamentalism Chapter 12. Hospital Management; Chapter 13. BB-NS Musical Chairs; Chapter 14. America the Beautiful; Chapter 15. UK 2001-2002; Chapter 16. Colonization to Globalization; Bibliography; Glossary | |
Sommario/riassunto: | A medical doctor and political activist traces his life from India at partition to graduate work and practice in the UK and America, comparing health standards, economic well-being, race relations, and the political atmosphere on three continents during the socially-conscious 1960's and later under bare-knuckle capitalism. He includes a brief synopsis of Pakistan's tumultuous history, including the role played by superpowers with an interest in the region. |
Titolo autorizzato: | A medical doctor examines life on three continents |
ISBN: | 9786611793838 |
1-281-79383-3 | |
0-87586-635-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910810440303321 |
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