| Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China, 1945-1963: A Medicine of Revolution Contributor(s): Taylor, Kim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415514061 ISBN-13: 9780415514064 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - History | Asia - China - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 610.9 |
| Series: Needham Research Institute Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.78 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using original sources, this significant text looks at the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the early twentieth century, to an essential and high-profile part of the national health-care system under the Chinese Communist Party. The political, economic and social motives which drove this promotion are analyzed and the extraordinary role that Chinese medicine was meant to play in Mao Zedong's revolution is fully explored for the first time, making a major contribution to the history of Chinese medicine. |