{"product_id":"curative-powers-9780822961291","title":"Curative Powers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurative Powers combines post-colonial theory with ethnographic research to reconstruct how the Soviet government used medicine and public health policy to transform the society, politics, and culture of its outlying regions, specifically Kazakhstan.  Winner of the 2003 Heldt Prize from the Association for Women in Slavic Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Takes an important step in examining the breadth of modern imperial ideology across the european continent and in the colonized world.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e|\u003cp\u003e“Contributes to the history of a country that still remains enigmatic for the English-speaking audience.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Journal of the History of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e|\u003cp\u003e“Far ahead of the rest of the field.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Canadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151158505815,"sku":"9780822961291","price":38.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822961291.jpg?v=1762960330","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/curative-powers-9780822961291","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}