Stories
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Colonialism and the origins of skin bleaching
The widespread practice of skin bleaching was heavily influenced by the Western colonisation and slavery of African and South Asian countries. Ngunan Adamu explores this toxic history.
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Medics, migration and the NHS
In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.
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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman
How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.
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Sun salutations and yoga synthesis in India
Surya namaskars, or sun salutations, have a long history in South Asia, but their place at the heart of modern yoga is more recent.
Catalogue
- Books
The Brutish Museums : the Benin Bronzes, colonial violence and cultural restitution / Dan Hicks.
Hicks, Dan, 1972-Date: 2020- Books
Women in the history of science : a sourcebook / edited by Hannah Wills, Sadie Harrison, Erika Jones, Farrah Lawrence-Mackey and Rebecca Martin.
Date: 2023- Books
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A note on the number of leper-houses in Europe in mediaeval times / by George Pernet.
Pernet, George.Date: 1902- Books
India by design : colonial history and cultural display / Saloni Mathur.
Mathur, SaloniDate: [2007]- Archives and manuscripts
Moiser, Bernard (1879 - 1965)
Moiser, Bernard, 1879-1965, colonial medical officerDate: 1946-1948Reference: MS.3591