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Neither Donkey nor Horse: Medicine in the Struggle over China's Modernity (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute)
Sean Hsiang-Lin Lei
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Description for Neither Donkey nor Horse: Medicine in the Struggle over China's Modernity (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute)
Paperback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian in. Num Pages: 394 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
Neither Donkey nor Horse tells the story of how Chinese medicine was transformed from the antithesis of modernity in the early twentieth century into a potent symbol of and vehicle for China's exploration of its own modernity half a century later. Instead of viewing this transition as derivative of the political history of modern China, Sean Hsiang-lin Lei argues that China's medical history had a life of its own, one that at times directly influenced the ideological struggle over the meaning of China's modernity and the Chinese state.
Far from being a remnant of China's premodern past, ... Read more
Neither Donkey nor Horse tells the story of how Chinese medicine was transformed from the antithesis of modernity in the early twentieth century into a potent symbol of and vehicle for China's exploration of its own modernity half a century later. Instead of viewing this transition as derivative of the political history of modern China, Sean Hsiang-lin Lei argues that China's medical history had a life of its own, one that at times directly influenced the ideological struggle over the meaning of China's modernity and the Chinese state.
Far from being a remnant of China's premodern past, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian in
Number of Pages
394
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226379401
SKU
V9780226379401
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