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Body, Society, and Nation

"Considers China's modern transformation through the idea of "good health" as it evolved in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century Shanghai. "Good health" did not simply mean individual well-being. It was also a notable outcome of Western medicine, a goal of Chinese nat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nakajima, Chieko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : BRILL, 2018.
Colección:Harvard East Asian monographs.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Body, Society, and Nation: The Creation of Public Health and Urban Culture in Shanghai
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Western Medicine and Science in China
  • Body, Society, and State in Republican China
  • Colonialism in Shanghai
  • An Overview
  • 1. Caring for the Sick, Helping the Poor: The Development of Hospitals in Shanghai
  • Christianity and Medical Care: Missionary Hospitals
  • Seasonal Diseases and Elite Activism: Summer-Disease Hospitals
  • Chinese Medicine and Western System: Traditional Chinese Hospitals
  • Conclusion
  • 2. Protecting Life, Controlling the City: The Origins and Development of the Shanghai Municipal Public Health Bureau
  • The Public Health Administration of the Nanjing Government
  • Public Health Administration in Prewar Shanghai
  • Shanghai Public Health Bureau during the War
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Teaching about Health, Mobilizing the Masses: Hygiene Campaigns in Shanghai
  • From Community Service to State-Sponsored Event
  • Campaign Strategies
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Selling Hygiene, Supporting Nation: Health, Hygiene, and Commercial Culture
  • Development of Light Industries and Interest in Chemistry
  • Ideals of Clean Bodies, Public Health, and a Strong Nation
  • Personal Hygiene Items in Commercial Advertisements
  • The Sociocultural Significance of Commodities
  • Doing Business in Shanghai: Fang Yexian and Chen Diexian
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Health and Hygiene in post-1949 China
  • Reorganizing Medical-Care Facilities
  • Organizing Hygiene Campaigns
  • Science, Policing, and Mass Mobilization Programs
  • Appendix 1: Shanghai and Its Foreign Concessions
  • Appendix 2: The Lecture Outline for the 1942 Summer Campaign
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index