Hygienic Modernity: Meanings of Health and Disease in Treaty-Port China (Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes) (Volume 9)
by Ruth Rogaski
A historical analysis of how hygiene and disease shaped governance, identity, and urban life in treaty-port China.
About This Book
This study examines the transformation of health concepts in treaty-port China during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
It investigates how Western and Chinese ideas about hygiene intersected with state power and urban reform.
The work draws on local archives to trace shifting meanings of health, disease, and modernity.
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