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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
BRILL,
2018.
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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