Hygienic Modernity

Meanings Of Health And Disease In Treaty-Port China

by Ruth Rogaski
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Publisher: University of California Press, November of 2004 ‧
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Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, this work reveals how meanings of weisheng, with the arrival of violent imperialism, shifted from Chinese cosmology to encompass such ideas as national sovereignty, laboratory knowledge, the cleanliness of bodies, and the fitness of races.

Hygienic Modernity

Meanings Of Health And Disease In Treaty-Port China

by Ruth Rogaski

Property Description
ISBN: 9780520240018
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date: November of 2004
Language: English
Dimensions: 159 x 235 x 31 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 415
Format: Book
Collection: Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
Categories: Books in English > History > General History
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780520240018

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