How Long to Read Health in the Highlands

How Long Does it Take to Read Health in the Highlands?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 27 minutes to read Health in the Highlands by David Carey Jr.

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Populated by curanderos, midwives, bonesetters, witches, doctors, nurses, and the indigenous people they served, this nuanced history demonstrates how cultural and political history, misogyny, racism, and racialization influence public health. In the first half of the twentieth century, the governments of Ecuador and Guatemala sought to spread scientific medicine to their populaces, working to prevent and treat malaria, typhus, and typhoid; to boost infant and maternal well-being; and to improve overall health. Drawing on extensive, original archival research, David Carey Jr. shows that highland indigenous populations in the two countries tended to embrace a syncretic approach to health, combining traditional and new practices. At times, both governments encouraged—or at least allowed—such a synthesis: even what they saw as "nonscientific" care was better than none. Yet both, especially Guatemala's, also wrote off indigenous lifeways and practices with both explicit and implicit racism, going so far as to criminalize native medical providers and to experiment on indigenous people without their consent. Both nations had authoritarian rule, but Guatemala's was outright dictatorial, tending to treat both women and indigenous people as subjects to be controlled and policed. Ecuador, on the other hand, advanced a more pluralistic vision of national unity, and had somewhat better outcomes as a result.

How long is Health in the Highlands?

Health in the Highlands by David Carey Jr. is 383 pages long, and a total of 96,899 words.

This makes it 129% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Health in the Highlands Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 49 minutes to read Health in the Highlands aloud.

What Reading Level is Health in the Highlands?

Health in the Highlands is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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