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Imperial Contagions: Medicine, Hygiene, and Cultures of Planning in Asia Paperback – January 1, 2013

by Robert Peckham (Editor), David M. Pomfret (Editor)
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Imperial Contagions complicates common historical narratives portraying a straightforward shift from older, enclavist models of colonial medicine to newer pursuits of prevention and treatment among indigenous populations and European residents. In a series of essays, the volume shows colonial medicine was not a homogeneous, “on the ground” phenomenon but rather a practice rife with tensions and contradictions. Indigenous elites contested and appropriated Western medical knowledge and practices for their own purposes, while colonial policies contained contradictory and cross-cutting impulses. Contributors ultimately challenge the long-standing belief that colonial regimes uniformly regulated indigenous bodies and that colonial medicine served as a “tool of empire.”
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  1. Print length
    320 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Hong Kong University Press
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2013
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    9888139525
  7. ISBN-13
    978-9888139521
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“This substantial collection greatly enriches our understanding of medicine, disease, and policy in colonial Asia. The contributors, from a range of disciplines, grapple fruitfully with questions surrounding medical space and the shift from enclavism to p

“Europeans in Asia developed powerful anxieties about contagion, and made many plans to keep it at a safe distance. Commercial ventures depended on mobility of people and goods, yet for the personal safety of their members the Europeans in Asia wished to

“Imperial Contagions not only makes important theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature of colonial history and public health in Asia, but also broadens general readers’ comprehension of colonial medicine and the relevant policy practice i

“Imperial Contagions takes us a step further toward more interactive, and less bounded, histories of colonial medicine in Asia. It draws attention to the pathologizing of colonial space, the heterogeneity of medical practice, and the fragmentary and parti

“This collection of essays edited by two history professors of the University of Hong Kong is an important addition to the growing literature on colonial medicine and public health in Asia. The book is interdisciplinary, with contributions from historians

About the Author

Robert Peckham is director of the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine and an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Hong Kong. David M. Pomfret is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Hong Kong.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hong Kong University Press (January 1, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9888139525
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9888139521
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches

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    Robert Peckham is a historian and the author of FEAR: AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

    A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he was perviously Professor of History and MB Lee Endowed Professor in the Humanities and Medicine at the University of Hong Kong.

    He has held fellowships at St. Catharine's College (Cambridge), St. Peter's College (Oxford), LSE, and King's College London.

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    David M. Pomfret is Associate Professor and Chair of the History Department at The University of Hong Kong. He has published widely in comparative British and French history, the history of Childhood and Youth, urban history and the comparative history of modern Europe and its empires.

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