The modern epidemic : a history of tuberculosis in Japan /

Through a historical and comparative analysis of modern Japan's epidemic of tuberculosis, William Johnston illuminates a major but relatively unexamined facet of Japanese social and cultural history: the history of the tuberculosis epidemic. He utilizes a broad range of sources, including medic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnston, William, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1995.
Colección:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 162.
Temas:
1800-1999
Tuberculosis > Japan > History > 19th century.
Tuberculosis > Japan > History > 20th century.
Tuberculosis > history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Tuberculose > Japon > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Tuberculose > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
44.84 thorax.
Tuberculosis
Tuberkulose
Tuberculose.
Japan
Tuberculosis > History
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Epidemics in History
  • pt. 1. The Disease and the Epidemic. 1. What is Tuberculosis? 2. Prelude to a Plague. 3. The Epidemic: Peak, Plateau, and Decline
  • pt. 2. The Cultural Logic of a Disease. 4. Tuberculosis as an Object of Stigma. 5. Tuberculosis in Modern Japanese Literature
  • pt. 3. State and Medicine: The Dialectics of Control. 6. State Hygiene in Meiji Japan. 7. The Promise of Medical Science. 8. The Disease as Outlaw: 1900-1920. 9. The State Takes Control
  • Epilogue: Health, The State, and The Modern Epidemic
  • Appendix: Mortality Statistics for Consumption and Tuberculosis in Japan, 1886-1989.

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