Disease, Colonialism, and the State Malaria in Modern East Asian History /
Yip, Ka-che,1944-
This book studies the development of approaches to combating malaria in Hong Kong, Okinawa, Taiwan, and mainland China in the colonial and post-colonial periods as a dynamic process of interaction between the objectives of the state, international interests, emergence of new medical knowledge and technology, changing concepts of disease, as well as local society.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 - Introduction - Combating Malaria in East Asia: A Historical Perspective; 2 - Colonialism, Disease, and Public Health: Malaria in the History of Hong Kong; 3 - Anti-malaria Policy and Its Consequences in Colonial Taiwan; 4 - The Theory and Practice of Malariology in Colonial Taiwan; 5 - Colonial Medicine and Malaria Eradication in Okinawa in the Twentieth Century: From the Colonial Model to the United States Model; 6 - Malaria Eradication and the Technological Model: The Rockefeller Foundation and Public Health in East Asia
7 - Health, Disease, and the Nationalist State: Perspectives on Malaria Education in Taiwan8 - Disease, Society, and the State: Malaria and Health Care in Mainland China; 9 - Conclusion; Notes; Index
This book studies the development of approaches to combating malaria in Hong Kong, Okinawa, Taiwan, and mainland China in the colonial and post-colonial periods as a dynamic process of interaction between the objectives of the state, international interests, emergence of new medical knowledge and technology, changing concepts of disease, as well as local society.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-155) and index.
Description based on print version record.
History, 20th Century
History, 19th Century
Health Policy
Colonialism
Malaria
Medical policy
Malaria