Contributor: José R. Jouve Martín José R. Jouve Martín is associate professor of Hispanic and Latin American studies in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University.

“The rich portrayal of these three doctors, make this book a fine contribution not only to the history of medicine in late colonial and early republican Peru, but more generally to the study of the experience of African descended peoples in the Americas.” Social History of Medicine --- “This well-written book will be of interest to scholars of both the history of medicine and science in Spanish America, especially during the Enlightenment, and the history of race, social relations, and politics in late colonial and early republican Peru --- “Black Doctors of Colonial Lima is a window onto the surprising careers of Lima’s Afro-Peruvian medical professionals, but also onto the medical debates of that city’s Enlightenment intellectuals. It is a welcome addition to the literature on science in t --- “The author’s prudent usage of archival and published sources, along with his jargon-free and straight-on writing, make this illuminating study not only required reading for scholars in critical race studies, colonial Latin American studies, and medicine, --- “An excellent, needed, and original contribution to our understanding of the black experience in Spanish America.” Jorge Carlos Guerrero, Spanish and Latin American Studies, University of Ottawa --- “The Black Doctors of Colonial Lima presents a nuanced argument not only about Peruvian medical culture and Peru’s Enlightenment, but also about the politics of race and blackness during the long transition from colony to independent republic. Jouve Martí