Epidemics in modern Asia / Robert Peckham, University of Hong Hong.

  • Peckham, Robert Shannan
Date:
2016
  • Books

About this work

Description

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Canbridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Physical description

xx, 355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-334) and index.

Contents

Introduction: contagious histories -- 1. Mobility -- 2. Cities -- 3. Environment -- 4. War -- 5. Globalization -- Conclusion: epidemics and the end of history.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WA105 2016P36e
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781107084681 (hardback)
  • 1107084687 (hardback)
  • 9781107446762 (paperback)
  • 1107446767 (paperback)