Epidemics in modern Asia / Robert Peckham, University of Hong Hong.
By: Peckham, Robert Shannan [author.].
Series: New approaches to Asian history.Publisher: Canbridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016Description: xx, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1107446767 (paperback).Subject(s): Epidemics -- History -- Asia | Asia -- History | HISTORY / WorldGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RA649 .P43 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000007613 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-334) and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: contagious histories; 1. Mobility; 2. Cities; 3. Environment; 4. War; 5. Globalization; Conclusion: epidemics and the end of history; Glossary; Select timeline; Suggested reading; Index.
"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"--