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Disease, colonialism, and the state : malaria in modern East Asian history /

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 te...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Yip, Ka-che, 1944- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aberdeen, Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.