Disease, colonialism, and the state : malaria in modern East Asian history / edited by Ka-che Yip.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yip, Ka-che, 1944-

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malaria--East Asia--History.

Malaria.

Medical policy--East Asia.

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 161 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Aberdeen, Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book studies the development of approaches to combating malaria in Hong Kong, Okinawa, Taiwan, and mainland China in the colonial and post-colonial periods as a dynamic process of interaction between the objectives of the state, international interests, emergence of new medical knowledge and technology, changing concepts of disease, as well as local society.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 - Introduction - Combating Malaria in East Asia: A Historical Perspective; 2 - Colonialism, Disease, and Public Health: Malaria in the History of Hong Kong; 3 - Anti-malaria Policy and Its Consequences in Colonial Taiwan; 4 - The Theory and Practice of Malariology in Colonial Taiwan; 5 - Colonial Medicine and Malaria Eradication in Okinawa in the Twentieth Century: From the Colonial Model to the United States Model; 6 - Malaria Eradication and the Technological Model: The Rockefeller Foundation and Public Health in East Asia

7 - Health, Disease, and the Nationalist State: Perspectives on Malaria Education in Taiwan8 - Disease, Society, and the State: Malaria and Health Care in Mainland China; 9 - Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-155) and index.

ISBN:

9786612708831

9789882206854

9882206859

9781282708839

128270883X

9789888052219

9888052217

OCLC:

650586995