Epidemics in Modern Asia

AvRobert Peckham

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Del i serien New Approaches to Asian History

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Beskrivning

Epidemics have played a critical role in shaping modern Asia. Encompassing two centuries of Asian history, Robert Peckham explores the profound impact that infectious disease has had on societies across the region: from India to China and the Russian Far East. The book tracks the links between biology, history, and geopolitics, highlighting infectious disease's interdependencies with empire, modernization, revolution, nationalism, migration, and transnational patterns of trade. By examining the history of Asia through the lens of epidemics, Peckham vividly illustrates how society's material conditions are entangled with social and political processes, offering an entirely fresh perspective on Asia's transformation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-04-28
Mått:153 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:610 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Approaches to Asian History
Antal sidor:378
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107446762

Utforska kategorier

Infektionssjukdomar och smittsamma sjukdomar inom Medicin
Medicinhistoria inom Medicin
Asiens historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Robert Peckham is Associate Professor in History and Co-Director of the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine at The University of Hong Kong. His recent books include Imperial Contagions: Medicine, Hygiene, and Cultures of Planning in Asia (co-editor, 2013) and Empires of Panic: Epidemics and Colonial Anxieties (editor, 2015).

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'Richly researched and keenly argued, Robert Peckham puts epidemic disease at the centre of a modern history of Asia. From China to India, this book unravels a history in which biology and Asian modernities have shaped one another. In so doing, he freshly recasts our understanding of how disease and social worlds are linked in complex political ecologies with unexpected pasts.' Alison Bashford, University of Cambridge

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: contagious histories; 1. Mobility; 2. Cities; 3. Environment; 4. War; 5. Globalization; Conclusion: epidemics and the end of history; Glossary; Select timeline; Suggested reading; Index.