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Epidemics in modern Asia

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New approaches to Asian historyPublication details: Cambridge University Press 2016 CambridgeDescription: xx, 355 p.: ill. Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN:
  • 9781107446762
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.495 P3E7
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. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/epidemics-in-modern-asia/7ED46DD207C9484B906535DE414D04AF
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Table of Contents

1. Mobility
2. Cities
3. Environment
4. War
5. Globalization

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.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/epidemics-in-modern-asia/7ED46DD207C9484B906535DE414D04AF

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