Science, public health, and the state in modern Asia / edited by Liping Bu, Darwin H. Stapleton, and Ka-Che Yip. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2012. - xiv, 208 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 71 . - Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 71. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'This book examines the encounter between Western and Asian models of public health and medicine in a range of East and Southeast Asian countries over the course of the twentieth century, in the context of colonial rule, post-colonial development and modern state-building'--

9780415665667 (hardback) 9780203602591 (ebook)


Medicine--Southeast Asia.
Public health--Southeast Asia.
Public health--East Asia.
Medicine--East Asia.

R609 / .S36 2012

362.10959