SCIENCE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE STATE IN MODERN ASIA by Liping Bu (Editor), Darwin H. Stapleton (Editor), Ka-Che Yip (Editor) ( 9781136618642 )

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Title:

SCIENCE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE STATE IN MODERN ASIA

By:

Liping Bu (Editor), Darwin H. Stapleton (Editor), Ka-Che Yip (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1136618643

ISBN 13:

9781136618642

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 March, 2012

Series:

Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

Pages:

208

Synopsis:

This book examines the encounter between western and Asian models of public health and medicine in a range of East and Southeast Asian countries over the course of the twentieth century until now. It discusses the transfer of scientific knowledge of medicine and public health approaches from Europe and the United States to several Asian countries - Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan, and China - and local interactions with, and transformations of, these public health models and approaches from the nineteenth century to the 1950s. Taking a critical look at assumptions about the objectiveness of science, the book highlights the use of scientific knowledge for political control, cultural manipulation, social transformation and economic needs. It rigorously and systematically investigates the historical developments of public health concepts, policies, institutions, and how these practices changed from colonial, to post-colonial and into the present day.

Illustrations:

1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Tables, black and white; 1

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Imprint:

Routledge

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Non-returnable

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