A Wilderness of Marshes

A Wilderness of Marshes The Origins of Public Health in Shanghai, 1843-1893

Hardback (12 Jun 2002)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The successful emergence of Shanghai as a world city by the close of the nineteenth century was built upon the establishment of a modern urban base. No aspect of Shanghai's infrastructural developments was more critically important than the creation of a public health system. A Wilderness of Marshes traces Shanghai's medical infrastructure from its conception to the implementation of a Western-style public health system and a municipal government to manage it. Kerrie MacPherson details the pioneering actions of Shanghai's capitalist, professional, and religious communities who skillfully adapted the ideas and practices gaining currency in Western science, medicine, public morality, and urban circumstances to the Asian metropolis.

Book information

ISBN: 9780739103692
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 346
Weight: 558g
Height: 221mm
Width: 146mm
Spine width: 31mm