Pandemics in Singapore, 18192022 - Lessons for the Age of Covid-19

Singapore has faced many pandemics over the centuries, from smallpox and cholera to influenza and novel coronaviruses. By examining how different governments responded, this book considers what we can learn from their experiences.

List of contents

List of Abbreviations
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1 The Quarantine of the Trinity
2 Plague: An Endemic Sinbad
3 Smallpox: Racialising the Epidemic
4 Cholera and Remaking the City
5 The Infectious Diseases Hospital: Hanging Fire
6 1890 Flu: Poison at the Wharves
7 1918 Flu: Blind Spot in the Colonial System
8 1957 Flu: The Limits of Decolonisation
9 Swine Flu to Bird Flu: Epidemiology and Surveillance
10 The SARS Effect
11 COVID-19: A Culmination and a Departure of Sorts
Conclusion
The Authors
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Kah Seng Loh is a historian and director of a research consultancy.
Li Yang Hsu is an infectious diseases physician who is Vice-Dean of Global Health at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore.

Product details

• Authors: Li Yang Hsu, Kah Seng (Southeast Asian Studies on Sustaina Loh, Loh Kah Seng
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032469683
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3246968-3
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Society & culture: general, South East Asia, History of Medicine, Regional Studies, Public health & preventive medicine, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Society and culture: general, Public health and preventive medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General