Body, Society, and Nation - The Creation of Public Health and Urban Culture in Shanghai

Chieko Nakajima tells the story of Chinäs unfolding modernity, exploring changing ideas, practices, and systems related to health and body in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century Shanghai. She explains how local customs fashioned and constrained public health and, in turn, how hygienic modernity helped shape local cultures and behavior.

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Chieko Nakajima

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Chieko Nakajima tells the story of China’s unfolding modernity, exploring changing ideas, practices, and systems related to health and body in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century Shanghai. She explains how local customs fashioned and constrained public health and, in turn, how hygienic modernity helped shape local cultures and behavior.

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• Autori: Chieko Nakajima
• Editore: Harvard University, Asia Center
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780674987173
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98717-3
• Pagine: 328
• Dimensioni: 236 mm x 160 mm x 29 mm
• Peso: 578 g
• Serie: Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard East Asian Monographs
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali