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This dissertation investigates the material and symbolic production of Unani (Greco-Arab) medicine in contemporary India. Unani is a system of medicine derived from the humoral theory of Hippocrates (460–370 B.C.), and makes use of plant, animal and mineral-based drugs to cure c…

Francisco Delicado and Juan and Alfonso de Valdés, Spanish humanists who departed from their country of birth and experienced the dark days prior to the sack of Rome in 1527 and its aftermath, engaged and instructed their readers through the dialogue form. This dissertation expl…

What is a global market? To explore this question, the dissertation examines how the world cotton market is produced and maintained. It presents a detailed analysis of the arrangements, calculative devices, power relations, and forces on which the production and circulation of c…