Science, public health, and the state in modern Asia
By: edited by Liping Bu, Darwin H. Stapleton, and Ka-Che Yip
Series: Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia -- 71; Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia -- 71.
Publisher: Routledge; Brand: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780415665667; 9780203602591
Subjects: Medicine; Public health
Description: "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, in the context of colonial rule, post-colonial development and modern state-building"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.