Public Health and National Reconstruction in Post-War Asia: International Influences, Local Transformations

Author:   Liping Bu (Alma College, USA) ,  Ka-che Yip (University of Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   204
Publication Date:   27 October 2017
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Author:   Liping Bu (Alma College, USA) ,  Ka-che Yip (University of Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138573765


ISBN 10:   1138573760
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   27 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2.Transition to Decolonization: the Search for a Health Policy in Postwar Hong Kong, 1949-1990 3. Diseases, Peasants and State-Building in China in the 1950s 4. People’s Health and Socialist Reconstruction: Anti-Malaria Campaigns in China, 1950-1980 5. Two Different Paths of Healthcare System: North and South Koreas After Independence, 1945-1960 6. Indonesianisation of Social Medicine in the 1950s 7. Technologies of Desire and Moral Discourse of Health Politics in Thailand, 1950-2010 8. Impact of Government-Foundation Cooperation: Healthcare System Development in Postwar Japan 9. Medicine, Philanthropy and Nationhood: Tensions of Different Visions in India 10. Introducing North American Standards to South Asia: The Creation of a Modern Nursing Program in Sri Lanka

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The essays are well researched, and though they often contain similar elements, such as Western imperialism and governmental centralization, the authors avoid repetition by detailing the nuances of each country's particular situation. Overall, a strong publication. - J. P. Bourgeois, Nicholls State University Historians of public health in the post-World War II period, anywhere in the world, would [...] find much to think about in this volume's interesting range of contributions on modern Asian public health history. - Marta E. Hanson, Pacific Affairs: Volume 89, No. 3 - September 2016


The essays are well researched, and though they often contain similar elements, such as Western imperialism and governmental centralization, the authors avoid repetition by detailing the nuances of each country's particular situation. Overall, a strong publication. - J. P. Bourgeois, Nicholls State University Historians of public health in the post-World War II period, anywhere in the world, would [...] find much to think about in this volume's interesting range of contributions on modern Asian public health history. - Marta E. Hanson, Pacific Affairs: Volume 89, No. 3 - September 2016


The essays are well researched, and though they often contain similar elements, such as Western imperialism and governmental centralization, the authors avoid repetition by detailing the nuances of each country's particular situation. Overall, a strong publication. - J. P. Bourgeois, Nicholls State University Historians of public health in the post-World War II period, anywhere in the world, would [...] find much to think about in this volume's interesting range of contributions on modern Asian public health history. - Marta E. Hanson, Pacific Affairs: Volume 89, No. 3 - September 2016


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Liping Bu is a Professor in the Department of History at Alma College, Michigan, USA Ka-che Yip is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

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