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 biolo...

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Main Author: Peckham, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
Series:New approaches to Asian history 15
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Summary: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
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 May 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 355 pages)
ISBN:9781316026939
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781316026939

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