Epidemics in modern Asia:

"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...

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1. Verfasser: Peckham, Robert J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press [2016]
Schriftenreihe:New approaches to Asian history
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Zusammenfassung:"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"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xx, 355 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781107084681
9781107446762

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