Cargando…

American evangelists and tuberculosis in modern Japan /

Tuberculosis ran rampant in Japan during the late Meiji and Taisho years (1880s-1920s). Many of the victims of the then incurable disease were young female workers from the rural areas, who were trying to support their families by working in the new textile factories. The Japanese government of the...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Perelman, Elisheva A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 JSTOR_on1146268541
003 OCoLC
005 20231005004200.0
006 m o d
007 cr cnu---unuuu
008 200324r20202019cc ob 001 0 eng d
040 |a P@U  |b eng  |e rda  |e pn  |c P@U  |d OCLCO  |d YDXIT  |d OCLCF  |d JSTOR  |d YDX  |d STBDS  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ 
020 |a 9789882204959  |q (electronic book) 
020 |a 9882204953  |q (electronic book) 
020 |z 9789888528141 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000067300843 
035 |a (OCoLC)1146268541 
037 |a 22573/ctv12g3p67  |b JSTOR 
043 |a a-ja--- 
050 4 |a RA418.3.J3  |b P473 2019 
072 7 |a HIS  |x 021000  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 306.4/61095209034  |2 23 
049 |a UAMI 
100 1 |a Perelman, Elisheva A.,  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a American evangelists and tuberculosis in modern Japan /  |c Elisheva A. Perelman. 
264 1 |a Hong Kong [China] :  |b Hong Kong University Press,  |c [2019] 
300 |a 1 online resource 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-229) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : the story of something that did not happen -- "Dead, shriveled trees" : factory girls in Meiji and Taishō Japan -- "The snow-white shawl" : tuberculosis in Meiji and Taishō Japan -- "The enemy of mankind" : the struggle against tuberculosis -- "Justifying the liabilities which had been incurred" : political strife over tuberculosis -- "The Nazareth of the Orient" : the particular work of the evangelists -- "Now Is the day for Japan" : the YMCA -- "The soldiers must have the real fighting spirit" : the Salvation Army -- "The great gulf fixed" : Rudolf Teusler and William Vories -- Afterword : "let the work go on" -- Conclusions : cui bono? 
520 |a Tuberculosis ran rampant in Japan during the late Meiji and Taisho years (1880s-1920s). Many of the victims of the then incurable disease were young female workers from the rural areas, who were trying to support their families by working in the new textile factories. The Japanese government of the time, however, seemed unprepared to tackle the epidemic. Elisheva A. Perelman argues that pragmatism and utilitarianism dominated the thinking of the administration, which saw little point in providing health services to a group of politically insignificant patients. This created a space for American evangelical organizations to offer their services. Perelman sees the relationship between the Japanese government and the evangelists as one of moral entrepreneurship on both sides. All the parties involved were trying to occupy the moral high ground. In the end, an uneasy but mutually beneficial arrangement was reached: the government accepted the evangelists' assistance in providing relief to some tuberculosis patients, and the evangelists gained an opportunity to spread Christianity further in the country. Nonetheless, the patients remained a marginalized group as they possessed little agency over how they were treated. 
588 0 |a Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 13, 2020). 
590 |a JSTOR  |b Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions 
590 |a JSTOR  |b Books at JSTOR Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) 
590 |a JSTOR  |b Books at JSTOR All Purchased 
650 0 |a Tuberculosis  |z Japan  |x History. 
650 0 |a Public health  |z Japan  |x History. 
650 0 |a Missions, Medical  |z Japan  |x History. 
650 0 |a Missions, American  |z Japan  |x History. 
651 0 |a Japan  |x Social conditions  |y 1868- 
650 6 |a Tuberculose  |z Japon  |x Histoire. 
650 6 |a Santé publique  |z Japon  |x Histoire. 
650 6 |a Missions médicales  |z Japon  |x Histoire. 
650 6 |a Missions américaines  |z Japon  |x Histoire. 
651 6 |a Japon  |x Conditions sociales  |y 1868- 
650 7 |a HISTORY  |z Asia  |z Japan.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Missions, American.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01023860 
650 7 |a Missions, Medical.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01023909 
650 7 |a Public health.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01082238 
650 7 |a Social conditions.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 
650 7 |a Tuberculosis.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01158499 
651 7 |a Japan.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01204082 
648 7 |a Since 1868  |2 fast 
655 7 |a History.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |z 9789888528141 
856 4 0 |u https://jstor.uam.elogim.com/stable/10.2307/j.ctv12fw75b  |z Texto completo 
938 |a Project MUSE  |b MUSE  |n muse82043 
938 |a Oxford University Press USA  |b OUPR  |n EDZ0002308138 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 16681165 
994 |a 92  |b IZTAP