Ebook: Body, society, and nation : the creation of public health and urban culture in Shanghai
Author: Nakajima Chieko
- Tags: Public health -- China -- Shanghai -- History, Medical policy -- China -- Shanghai -- History, Health attitudes -- China -- Shanghai -- History, Health behavior -- China -- Shanghai -- History, Shanghai (China) -- Civilization -- Foreign influences, Civilization -- Foreign influences, Health attitudes, Health behavior, Medical policy, Public health, China -- Shanghai, Public Health -- history, Health Promotion -- history, Attitude to Health, History 20th Century, History 19th Century, China
- Series: Harvard East Asian monographs 414.
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center
- City: China., China--Shanghai., Shanghai (China)
- Language: English
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"Considers China's modern transformation through the idea of "good health" as it evolved in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century Shanghai. "Good health" did not simply mean individual well-being. It was also a notable outcome of Western medicine, a goal of Chinese nation-building, a marker of modern civilization, and a commercial catchphrase"--Provided by publisher.